All four Royal Mail businesses make a three-monthly profit for the first time in almost 20 years. More: continued here

EBay Falls After Projecting First-Quarter Net Below EstimatesBloomberg –11 minutes ago21 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc., the world’s biggest Internet auctioneer, tumbled in late trading after it projected first-quarter sales and profit that were … More: continued here

EBay saw sales fall 7 percent and profits drop 31 percent during the fourth quarter, more than analysts expected. More: continued here

As the economy falls and the jobless rate rises, more Central New Yorkers are turning to public assistance to get by. The number of people seeking food stamps in the four-county region swelled by more than 32 percent in 2008 compared to 2007 – 22,734 versus 17,161. More: continued here

Ministry launches postage stamps to assist PATTECWalta Information Center, Ethiopia –10 hours agoAddis Ababa, January 21 (WIC) – The Ministry of Transport and Communications said it would distribute postage stamps worldwide so as to assist the Pan …Ethiopia / Launching of the PATTEC stamps today in the AUC …Organisation de la Presse …

eBay Offers Weak Outlook; Shares DropTheStreet.com –5 minutes agoeBay (EBAY Quote – Cramer on EBAY – Stock Picks) said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings exceeded analysts' consensus estimate, … More: continued here

Bush enters post-presidential life by heading to Texasguardian.co.uk, UK –4 hours agoFormer president George W Bush planned to take it easy in his first full day out of office. He was planning, he told a crowd of 20000 gathered at the …Bush flies to Texas to begin post-presidential lifeInternational Herald TribuneBush visits …

Foolish Forecast: Watch eBay WarilyMSNBC –3 minutes agoBy Anders Bylund Online auctioneer eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) has been through a lot in recent months — new CEO, new fee structure, and the same worldwide economy … More: continued here

Inauguration junk – OK, memorabilia – on eBayDallas Morning News, TX –3 minutes agoThree things in life are certain: Death, taxes, and people trying to make a buck on eBay. The day after Barack Obama's inauguration, the auction site was … More: continued here

Hands off Royal MailSocialist Party, UK –3 minutes agoPostal workers across the country reacted with dismay and anger when the Hooper review of Royal Mail was published in December 2008. … More: continued here