Texas will be providing emergency food stamps to Hurricane Ike victims who qualify and will automatically replace benefits for program participants in the storm’s path. More: continued here

eBay Top Paid Search Term in AugustMarketWatch –5 hours agoNEW YORK, Sep 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The top US paid search term in August 2008 was 'ebay', receiving .12 percent of paid clicks1 among all websites … More: continued here

eBay Plans to Buy Up Classifieds on the CheapWired News –3 hours agoBy Meghan Keane September 17, 2008 | 12:29:08 PMCategories: Craigslist, ebay The downturn in the economy may be reeking havoc on the stock market, …Report: EBay sets sights on classified ad acquisitionsBizjournals.comEBay Plans Classifieds BuyoutsWall Street Journalall 9 news …

Members of the Bridal Veil Historical Preservation want to buy their community’s tiny 121 year-old post office and move it to a new site. More: continued here

Workers at the investment bank are auctioning company memorabilia, like T-shirts, mugs and mousepads on eBay. “Own a piece of history!” reads one listing for a golf club with the Lehman Brothers logo. The starting bid is 350 dollars. Lehman items are commanding a premium. More: continued here

No, don’t get one from online. You shouldn’t really ever get any expensive piece of hardware online if you can help it. It’s always preferable to go into an actual store to buy one as you are generally covered more that way, and there is a lot less to go …

Rumors are floating around that Ebay is going to lay off about 10 percent of its 15,000 employees, attributable mainly to an analyst at Wedge Partners, a small Colorado investment-research firm. And while the company has refused to comment on it, it makes sense that Ebay will do some rationalization …

Food stamp recipients offered aid to replace food spoiled by power …The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com, OH –4 hours agoFamilies relying on food stamps have until Sept. 24th to request more stamps to replace food that spoiled because of the power outage. … More: continued here

eBay sellers who wanted to launch listings in the new 30-day Fixed-Price format on Tuesday were disappointed to learn that many listing tools did not yet support the new format – including eBay’s own Turbo Lister . eBay made available a new version of the software with the new functionality …

New York Daily News The Jets Get Greener on eBayMotley Fool –3 hours agoBy Rick Aristotle Munarriz If there's a lot of green rolling around on eBay's (Nasdaq: EBAY) StubHub site next month, you're probably seeing more than just …NFL's Jets Will Auction Personal Seat Licenses on StubHub.comBloombergJets partner with StubHub …