EBay reports higher 4Q earnings, revenueThe Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — EBay says its net income grew in the fourth quarter, helped by a gain on the sale of its remaining investment in Skype and higher revenue. The e-commerce and online payments company said Wednesday that it earned $1.98 billion, …

E-commerce provider eBay Inc. managed to beat analysts’ forecasts with its fourth-quarter results, though the forecast for the current period is slightly below expectations. More: continued here

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Hoarder fights to live in post officeCBC.caA Dalhousie, NB, man is fighting to continue living in a former post office, which he heats with a wood stove and lights with car batteries. The town plans to evict Brian Parker unless he properly rezones the building to allow for residency. … …

GOP lawmaker defends Gingrich's 'food stamps' comments on House floorThe Hill (blog)on Wednesday morning rejected a Democratic charge that Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was being racially insensitive when he called President Obama the "food stamp" president and said school children should help clean up schools rather …and more » More: …

TechRadar UK What Happened On the Internet in 2011?PC MagazineIn 2011, there were 3.146 billion email accounts across the globe, Royal Pingdom said, citing an email statistics report from tech research firm the Radicati Group. Despite the popularity of free email services like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail, …The web …

Calgary Stampeders head coach and general manager John Hufnagel is pleased to announce his defensive coaching staff for the 2012 season. Dave Walkosky, as previously announced, will be the team's new defensive coordinator. More: continued here

Quarterly results are due from eBay, Xilinx and Sanmina late Wednesday. More: continued here

Freelancer.com Becomes the eBay of Jobs: Rockets Through 2000 Projects and …Sacramento BeeFreelancer.com today announced that it has rocketed through 2000 projects posted and 3000 new user registrations per day as the world's largest outsourcing marketplace. Freelancer.com's global community comprises of 3 million users with 1.3 million …and more » More: …

Revisionist History and 'The Food Stamp President': Celebrating MLK Day With …Huffington PostAsked by moderator Juan Williams about his previous dubbing of President Obama as the "food stamp president" and his insistence that he would "talk about why the African American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with …