eBay's Q4 strong; Outlook lightZDNeteBay's fourth quarter earnings were better than expected courtesy of mobile volume, PayPal and solid marketplace results, but the company's outlook for the first quarter was light. The e-commerce company reported fourth quarter earnings of $850 million … More: continued here

Biz Break: Icahn wants eBay to spin off PayPal, Netflix skyrockets after …San Jose Mercury NewsToday: In explosive after-hours action, eBay (EBAY) announces that activist investor Carl Icahn is agitating for a spinoff of PayPal and Netflix (NFLX) shows off more strong subscriber growth for a big bump from Wall …

New York Times Carl Icahn Pressing eBay For PayPal Spinoff, Board SeatsForbesPayment platform PayPal has been one of the biggest money-makers for eBay, but if activist investor Carl Icahn gets his way, the e-commerce platform would have to envision a future without one of its best sources of revenue: In …

NorthEscambia.com Reduced Service Hours Announced For McDavid Post OfficeNorthEscambia.comThe U.S. Postal Service has announced reduced retail hours for the McDavid Post Office. The retail window will actually be open earlier and stay open later on weekdays while reducing service hours by five. The new hours for the McDavid Post Office, … …

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to eBay's fourth quarter 2013 earnings conference call. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to eBay's earnings release conference call for the fourth quarter and full year 2013. This conference call is also being broadcast on the Internet, and both the presentation …

One in five US households on Food StampsCatholic OnlineThere was lots of coupon flashing at grocery store checkout lines in the recently retired year of 2013. According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a record 20 percent of American households — one in five, was on food stamps …

Police say man installed skimmer in post office kiosk to steal bank informationDeseret NewsPolice traced the incursions back to a self-serve kiosk at the Kearns post office, 5495 S. 4015 West, between Dec. 5 and Dec. 20. "The skimming device was able to read the cardholders' or the victims' account …

The Guardian Cable to scrutinise Royal Mail chief's payThe GuardianA politically toxic battle over the £1.5m pay of Royal Mail boss Moya Greene looks likely to intensify as the government suggested it might block any large increases in executive remuneration. The move by Vince Cable's Department for Business comes … …

E-commerce company not enamored of the activist investor's suggestion of spinning off the online payments provider. [Read more]         More: continued here

Shares of eBay soared in after-hours trading after the online auction website revealed that activist investor Carl Icahn is urging the company to break up. More: continued here