Media Matters for America (blog) Is Buying Seafood With Food Stamps the Worst?TakePartAccording to the cable network, people are abusing SNAP by purchasing iPads, cigarettes, and dog food—even cashing in food stamps for gambling cash at casinos. And buying so much seafood: crab legs and wild salmon from organic markets …

People who get food stamps in Pennsylvania spend $1 of every $20 in benefits at convenience stores, yet federal data show corner stores represent a disproportionate share of fraud cases. More: continued here

Two charged in Twin Cities food stamp fraud that shipped goods to LiberiaPioneer PressRamsey County investigators said Wednesday that they have broken up a criminal operation that illicitly used food-stamp benefits to buy thousands of dollars of nonperishable foods like soda and ramen noodles that were shipped to Liberia and …

While firm denies any conflict, inspector states arrangement could mean financial loss, diminished public trust More: continued here

What investors really think about the Icahn-eBay fightMarketWatch (blog)Icahn's complaints stem mostly from what he sees as conflicts of interest involving board members Marc Andreessen and Scott Cook, a lack of leadership from Chief Executive John Donahoe and the need to split off eBay's PayPal electronic-payments … More: continued here

By Phil Wahba and Nadia Damouni NEW YORK (Reuters) – EBay Inc CEO John Donahoe said on Wednesday that several of the online retailer's most active shareholders have assured him they support his efforts to resist demands by activist investor Carl Icahn for a spin-off of the PayPal unit. Donahoe …

Icahn: 'I've Never Seen Worse Corporate Governance Than eBay'MoneynewsHe's upset that eBay sold Skype in a September 2009 for only $2.75 billion to an investor group that included eBay board member Marc Andreessen. The group itself sold Skype 1 ½ years later to Microsoft for $8.5 billion. Editor's Note: Free …

Very happy to have Bob Swan, CFO of eBay with us this morning, Bob thanks coming back this year. And maybe a good place to start is some of the more recent events that have been going on with yourselves and some in the investment community and just the way …

Berkeley: Federal watchdog criticizes post office broker's dual roleVallejo Times-HeraldBERKELEY — The United States Postal Service should stop allowing commercial real estate services firm C.B. Richard Ellis from representing both seller and buyer, and lessor and lessee in post office property transactions, according to a Feb.and more » More: continued here

EBay CEO says top shareholders agree PayPal should stay putReutersDonahoe told Reuters on Wednesday he has spoken with as many as 16 of the 20 most-active shareholders in eBay, and most favored hanging on to the fast-growing PayPal payments unit. He did not say what percentage of the company's shares …