From this year, eBay will open the doors on a new site offering malware scanning to its users as part of a raft of new features aimed at beating the phishers and virus writers. The site, eBay Garage, will run an embedded application that will scan users’ PCs for any …

FedEx Corp. Chief Executive Fred Smith said Monday that U.S. reliance on foreign oil is the biggest threat to the nation’s economy after More: continued here

Applications for food stamps have skyrocketed 73 percent from 2007 to 2008 in Fairfax. More: continued here

eBay Mulls Cyber-Theft Price TagRed Herring, CAby Ken Schachter eBay could be on the hook for millions of dollars related to a data breach at IAC, the online auctioneer’s Korean subsidiary. In a filing Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, eBay said that about 141000 users have now … …

Barack Obama has been marketing gold for companies selling stamps, commemorative coins, T-shirts, pajamas and nearly everything else bearing his likeness. More: continued here

Snipe Swipe helps you win eBay auctionsCNET News, CAby Josh Lowensohn Grizzled eBay veterans know all too well that the action on any auction doesn't heat up until the last few minutes. Bidding wars can be won and lost by who had the fastest click–or the highest auto-bid. To aid in …

Copenhagen – A majority of Danish voters want fresh elections should Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen decide to leave office, a survey published Monday suggested. Rasmussen has been mentioned in connection with the post of NATO secretary-general,… More: continued here

The government is expected to introduce controversial legislation this week to part-privatise Royal Mail, a labour union said on Monday. More: continued here

FedEx Corp. Chief Executive Fred Smith said Monday that U.S. reliance on foreign oil is the biggest threat to the nation’s economy after terrorism. More: continued here

Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — Business spending in the U.S. may start to recover in the second half as companies replenish inventories, said Fred Smith , chief executive officer of FedEx Corp., the second-largest U.S. package-delivery company. More: continued here