President Obama on Thursday named Jeffrey Crowley — a senior research scholar at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute and former deputy executive director for programs at the National Association of People with AIDS — as the director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, the Washington Post’s “Cast of Characters” …

eBay injects its brand name into its classifieds subsidiary Kijiji, which launched four years ago. Starting with two cities, the Kijiji name will change to eBay Classifieds. The testing begins in San Antonio and Pittsburgh, but will likely become more widespread later. The eBay brand seems a bit tarnished, but …

eSeller Street has launched a new website called WatchedItem.com that allows shoppers to search for items on eBay by popularity as determined by the number of members watching an item. More: continued here

Post-EBay: Permanent Injunctions, Future DamagesIP Law360 (subscription), NYLaw360, New York (March 02, 2009) — The Supreme Court in eBay v. MercExchange, 547 US 388 (2006) overturned the Federal Circuit’s “general rule” of automatically issuing a permanent injunction after a finding of patent infringement. … More: continued here

TrialPay Can Help You Get Freebies OnlineBusinessWeekI also scored a movie ticket from Fandango.com by buying a sheet of customizable photo stamps from Stamps.com (STMP). This time, I managed to game the TrialPay system by using coupon codes I found online to get 10% off my stamps and free shipping, …

Post Office sell-off 'political suicide'Sunderland Echo, UKBy Kevin Clark A NORTH EAST union leader says the Government's plans to partly privatise the Post Office are political suicide. Workers' leader Paul Clays is unimpressed by Whitehall concessions – that it be a legally protected publicly-owned company, … More: continued here

How CAN the struggling Royal Mail find millions to boost boss’s pension? More: continued here

Stamp show plannedAkron Beacon Journal, OHNORTH CANTON: The McKinley Stamp Club of Canton will hold its 78th annual stamp show and exhibit Saturday and Sunday at St. George Serbian Center, 4667 Applegrove St. NW. The theme of the show is the 200th anniversary of Stark County. … More: continued here

Montgomery County police want to strengthen county laws to make it harder to sell stolen goods on eBay — a move some merchants selling through online auctions said wasn’t needed. More: continued here

Norfolk village's new shop, post office – and cafeDereham Times, UKTake one serving Lieutenant Colonel, a village due to lose its shop and post office and a band of willing volunteers and what do you get? The answer is a new post office and shop stocking everything from locally brewed beer …