BlackBerry shares rose following a surprise profit, while eBay shares gained as the company conveyed its analyst meeting. Tech stocks made mild gains. More: continued here

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – EBay Inc aims to handle $110 billion of sales volume on its marketplace in 2015 by expanding globally, getting more local inventory online and… More: continued here

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – EBay Inc Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe said on Thursday that the company would enable $300 billion of commerce in 2015, up 71 percent f… More: continued here

Technorati Google Introduces Same-Day Shipping to Compete With eBay and AmazonWiredThe people who brought you Android and Gmail now want to bring potato chips and diapers right to your home with a new same-day delivery service. Google announced Thursday that it is entering the same-day delivery fray. It rolled out …

HARTSBURG — Life seems to move at a less-hectic pace in this rural southern Boone County community perhaps best known for its connection to the Katy Trail and the annual Pumpkin Festival. More: continued here

EBay says company to enable $300bn of business in 2015Eyewitness NewsSAN FRANCISCO – EBay Inc Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe said on Thursday that the company would enable $300 billion of commerce in 2015, up 71 percent from $175 billion in 2012. That forecast includes sales on eBay's online marketplace, …

Why more Americans than ever are using food stampsMSN MoneyA sign on a frozen food case indicates that food stamps are accepted at the Dollar A lot has changed about food stamps during the past few years. For one, the program is currently called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), …

Trial set in food stamps fraud caseWJTV(AP) – A federal judge has scheduled an April 22 trial for a man facing six counts of food stamp fraud. Stanley Jones is accused of lying on food stamp applications in 2008 by representing that nobody in his household had been convicted of …

The Guardian The problem with food stamps is that people need more than foodThe GuardianThis week, the Guardian exposed a worrying development in the localisation of the discretionary payments of the social fund. On reviewing several local schemes to replace this soon-to-be scrapped national system, it found that many were …

Dominic Grieve MP: Taking Royal Mail to market is no\nthreat to networkhttp://www.buckinghamshireexaminer.co.uk/During this year the Royal Mail is effecting changes in the way it runs its business, with the intention that it should be able to obtain access to private capital (as other businesses of this magnitude may do) during …