EBay Inc., the world’s largest online marketplace, forecast higher second-quarter revenue than analysts had estimated, driven by demand for its PayPal payment service and improvements to its main site. More: continued here

eBay continued to record a growing amount of its revenue from its payments business, as revenue and profits grew strongly. More: continued here

The best I can tell, there are two Royal Wedding groups: the Don’t-Want-to-Miss-a-Thing camp and the Don’t-Give-a-Rat’s-Behind camp. This post is for the first group, who have plenty of royal-TV viewing options in the coming days. More: continued here

Wall Streets looking for the coffee retailer and the online auction site to report a rise in both profit and sales from the year-ago period late Wednesday. More: continued here

EBay Inc. Reports Strong First Quarter 2011 ResultsTheStreet.com (press release)By Business Wire 04/27/11 – 04:15 PM EDT Global ecommerce and online payments leader eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) today reported that revenue for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011 increased 16% to $2.5 billion, compared to the same period of 2010. …

EBay Falls Despite Earnings BeatBarron’s (blog)EBay (EBAY) was falling 2.3% recently in after hours trading following the firm's first-quarter earnings. Ebay said it warned $476 million, or 36 cents a share, compared to 30 cents a share, for the same period last year. …and more » More: continued here

Kansas City Star H&R Block: Tax Shop Taps Cobb For Top JobForbesCobb was formerly president of eBay ( EBAY – news – people )'s Marketplaces division, as well as leader of its International division. Prior to his term at eBay, Cobb was an executive at PepsiCo ( PEP – news …

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — EBay Inc. said Wednesday that earnings jumped 20% for the first quarter thanks to strong gains in both its Marketplace and PayPal businesses. For the period ended March 31, eBay reported net earnings of $476 million, or 36 cents a share, compared to earnings of $398 …

Kansas City Star H&R Block Names New President and CEOMarketNewsVideo.comPrior to his term at eBay, Cobb was an executive at Pepsico (NYSE:PEP) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM). This was Alan Bennett's second brief term as CEO. He was interim CEO from November 2007 through August 2008, and served this term since …

Marina Post Office to hold passport fairMonterey County HeraldA passport fair will be held from 10 am to 2 pm Saturday, April 30 at the Marina Post Office, 3100 De Forest Road, Marina. A passport book for first time applicants is $135 and $55 for a passport card. The fee …