John Donahoe, chief executive officer of Ebay Inc., told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday that he sees signs that the economy is stabilizing. More: continued here
Broadcasters Prepare for DTV TransitionWashington Post, United StatesConsumers also might be able to find discounted converter boxes on Web sites such as eBay or Craigslist. More than 14 million households rely heavily on over-the-air signals to receive critical public-safety alerts, news and weather reports. … More: continued here
ebay inches ahead of Amazon.com as most visited retail site …InternetRetailer.com, ILIn April ebay stole the crown away. The world's largest online marketplace hosted 51.27 million shoppers, down 7% from last year, but enough to beat out Amazon.com, which attracted 50.36 million shoppers, a 7% increase from a year ago. … More: continued here
Think your cellphone display packs a lot of pixels into a small space ? Pssh. Kopin Corporation has just announced the smallest VGA color-filter liquid crystal display, checking in with a 600 x 480 resolution and a 0.27-inch (diagonal) size. The feat was accomplished by shrinking the color dots to 2.9 x 8.7 µm from…
Michael Dearing, a Stanford professor who worked for Whitman as a top executive at eBay, wrote a note decrying the California gubernatorial candidate’s position on Proposition 8. More: continued here
William Haggas hopes he will be crowned king of the handicap trainers at Royal Ascot next week after Roaring Forte and High Standing represent him in the Hunt Cup and the Wokingham. More: continued here
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Post Office workers are to strike across London for 24-hours in a dispute about working practices. More: continued here
'Mad Money' Spotlight: Cramer Yahoo, eBayTheStreet.com(YHOO Quote)and eBay's(EBAY Quote) stock performance over the past few month. Since the beginning of the year, Yahoo! is up 34%, while eBay is up 27%. So it's not a huge shock that Jim Cramer talked up both companies on Thursday night's "Mad Money. … More: continued here
Food stamp use spreads to more affluent areasBrandon News and Tribune, FLFood stamp recipients include the skilled tradesman and the professional next door. In ZIP code 33626, centered on Westchase — median income nearly $80000 — applications for food stamps surged 168 percent from January through March, compared with the … More: continued here