Canada.com eBay, MercExchange end 'Buy it now' patent feudCNET News.com, CA –1 hour agoIt had to climb all the way to the US Supreme Court and back again, but a long-running patent dispute between eBay and a three-man e-commerce technology …EBay settles 7-year dispute over patentsUSA TodayEBay patent case settledSan Jose Mercury …

Sydney Morning Herald Arlington Mayor Gets Recalled, Turns to EbaySalem-News.Com, OR –Feb 27, 2008(SALEM, Ore.) – The Mayor of Arlington, Oregon, Carmen Kontur Gronquist, has been recalled from office over a photo she posted of herself on her personal …Mayor to sell photos on eBayEastOregonian.info (subscription)Mayor Axed After MySpace Underwear PicturesGlasgow Daily …

Warning over Post Office moveLiverpool Daily Post, UK –1 minute agoPOST office customers are being urged to speak out plans to convert Liverpool’s busiest Post Office into a WHSmith franchise. The Post Office is proposing … More: continued here

Mayor to sell photos on eBayEastOregonian.info (subscription), OR –4 minutes agoA racy photo of former Arlington mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist is selling on eBay, according to a KATU news video. Kontur-Gronquist told a reporter the … More: continued here

Scientific American EBay settles 7-year dispute over patentsUSA Today –1 hour agoBy Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — Online auctioneer eBay settled a seven-year patent dispute Thursday with tech firm MercExchange, ending a legal …EBay patent case settledSan Jose Mercury NewsEBay settles patent dispute with MercExchangeITworld.comUPDATE 2-EBay, MercExchange settle long …

Auctionbytes eBay retailer new Skype chiefFierceVoIP, DC –6 hours agoeBay has stayed in-house, selecting Shopper.com chief Josh Silverman as new CEO of Skype. Silverman's appointment comes after a six month search for a …EBay appoints new Skype chief execVNUNet.comeBay Inc. Appoints New CEOs of Skype and Shopping.comFOXBusinessEBay appoints new CEOs of Skype …

Hell Mail Why The Postal Workers Strike FailedHell Mail, UK –2 hours agoWith an overwhelming rejection for the state-owned Royal Mail's modernisation plans after a ballot in June last year, and with the power of the union behind …CWU To Reject Royal Mail Pension ReformsHell MailA fight to save post office pensionsSocialistworker.co.ukFighting …

20 ministers fighting post office closuresTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –24 minutes agoThe plans to close 2500 branches in Britain are said to be necessary to preserve the Post Office network's £150 million-a-year subsidy and cut its estimated … More: continued here

Gross domestic product rose at a 0.6 percent annualized rate; EBay…Austin American-Statesman, TX –1 hour agoGross domestic product rose at a 0.6 percent annualized rate; EBay Inc. settles a seven-year patent dispute WASHINGTON — The US economy expanded less than … More: continued here

XstamperOnline.com’s Rubber Stamp Design Wizard Makes Designing …Emailwire –3 hours agoCOM, February 28, 2008 ) Pinedale, CA – XstamperOnline.com, a leader in the custom rubber stamp industry, wants potential customers to know that its Web … More: continued here