Meg Whitman Leaves EBay, P&G, DreamWorks BoardsBloomberg –1 minute ago5 (Bloomberg) — Meg Whitman, the former chief executive officer of EBay Inc., stepped down from the company’s board as well as those of Procter & Gamble … More: continued here

Jay Woods, the DUI prosecutor in the District Attorney’s office, is leaving that post. District Attorney Bill Cox said Mr. Woods is joining the U.S. Attorney’s office as a prosecutor in Federal Court. More: continued here

The Board of Directors of Creativity Unlimited Arts Council presented a check for $10,000 to North Platte Mayor Marc Kaschke Tuesday morning. In exchange, CUAC officially received the title to the historic 1913 Post Office building at Fifth and Jeffers. More: continued here

The Associated Press QVC will sell memorabilia at Obama inaugurationThe Associated Press –15 minutes agoAmong the items QVC has been selling since the election are a Barack Obama stamp collection, with stamps from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Grenada, … More: continued here

PGA TOUR – MERCEDES-BENZ CHAMPIONSHIP, Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Maui, Hawaii – The PGA Tour season begins, as it always does, with a tournament for the previous year’s winners. The Mercedes-Benz Championship, the first of back-to-back events in Hawaii, officially begins the third season of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup. …

QVC is traveling to Washington to mark President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration this month — and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small handbag to sell. More: continued here

FedEx and UPS are ringing in the new year with price increases. FedEx is hiking rates for its ground and home delivery service by 6.9 percent today. It is also changing its counter rates. More: continued here

NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Leading political risk consultancy Eurasia Group released its annual “Top Risks” report for clients on Monday. Following is an e-mail interview with Eurasia President Ian Bremmer on his forecasts for 2009. More: continued here

LOOKING BACKWARD: David Cameron giving a speech on the economy under the stern gaze of Winston Churchill. More: continued here

( University of Nottingham ) The study provides the first evidence for a transgenerational effect on immune response based on environmental cues — with maternal perception of disease risk in the immediate environment potentially determining offspring disease resistance and social dominance. The results are published in Proceedings of the Royal …