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Icahn on eBay: Donahoe's Inexcusable Incompetence Cost eBay Stockholders …Yahoo Finance (blog)eBay CEO John Donahoe oversaw a premature sale of Skype at a diminished price that resulted in eBay stockholders losing over $4 billion as compared to the sale of Skype to Microsoft 18 months later. ▫ Who can doubt …

Back in the neighborhood: Drake Post Office reopens 6 months after floodReporterHerald.comA welcome-home sign and balloons greet customers Monday at the Drake Post Office as customer Shirley McKenna, right, shares a laugh with post office employee Cheryl Jiles while picking up her mail on the first day the office opened …

UPDATE 1-Omega's Cooperman: eBay should spin off portion of PayPalReuters"I give Carl a lot of credit for taking the time and showing the energy, and in this case, we happen to agree with him," Cooperman, an eBay shareholder, said on CNBC television. "I think they should spin out a portion …

A welcome-home sign and balloons greet customers Monday at the Drake Post Office as customer Shirley McKenna, right, shares a laugh with post office employee Cheryl Jiles while picking up her mail on the first day the office opened after the September 2013 flood. More: continued here

Farm bill panel talks crop insurance, food stampsLubbockOnline.comAlthough the new farm bill cuts food stamp spending by about 1 percent, the congressman said he would like to see more reform. He said about 10 percent of food stamp recipients are healthy adults with no dependents and should not rely indefinitely …

A prominent stamp publication is trying to figure out who might have leaked the list to The Washington Post. More: continued here

Post office: No extended hours on tax daysThe Courier Life NewsProcrastinators, beware: The La Crosse post office will not offer extended hours on tax deadline days this year. The final pickup time for outgoing mail on tax days — and every mail service day — is 3:45 p.m., said Tom …

CNBC.com EBay urges shareholders to reject Icahn's board nomineesCNBC.comEBay plans to ask its shareholders to reject a slate of board nominees proposed by shareholder activist Carl Icahn, raising the stakes in the billionaire's public battle over the online auction giant's corporate governance. Last month, Icahn nominated … More: continued here

'Gaming the system'? States use trick to undo food stamp cutsFox NewsStates are using what critics call a "perverse" legislative maneuver to partly undo congressional cuts to food stamps, despite efforts by some U.S. lawmakers to stop it. The Washington Post reported Monday that three states so far are finding …

E-commerce giant eBay cuts the total compensation of its chief executive, John Donahoe, by more than half. More: continued here