WASHINGTON – As it surveys its prospects for future growth, eBay is bullish on its plans to expand globally. But opening up new markets for sellers in countries like Brazil, India and China requires some help from policymakers. Brian Bieron, an old Read more
In 2020, when your supplies of milk and butter start to run low, your refrigerator will know to send out a call to the grocery store and, later that day, the Postal Service will show up at your door with Read more
WASHINGTON – For all the dismal news that has been surrounding the U.S. Postal Service over the past few years, the agency has one distinctive feature that separates it from every other government entity: the personal touch. The sprawling, nationwide Read more
By most objective measures, 2013 was a good year for John Donahoe. But it was nothing compared to 2012. Last year, the eBay CEO raked in nearly $14 million in salary, stock and cash incentive payouts. But that was less Read more
Late last year, an eBay seller took to the social site Reddit to announce the discovery of a purported “scam and theft ring,” whereby items bound for buyers overseas sent through the Global Shipping Program weren’t making it past a processing facility Read more
Even as the U.S. Postal Service reported another sizable quarterly loss, officials highlighted the bright spots of the business – particularly shipping services – and hailed the advance of a bill in the Senate that could provide needed financial relief Read more
A pair of cases involving multiple sellers suing over PayPal’s policy of holding funds continue to linger in a California court, the march toward settlement slowed by dubious attorney conduct, mutual assertions of negotiating in bad faith from the litigants, Read more
In a potentially major blow to eBay, Amazon and other ecommerce and Web companies, a U.S. appellate court has struck down a set of rules that had barred Internet service providers from playing favorites with the online traffic passing over Read more
After more than two weeks of extensive disruptions, Alibris says that its fulfillment and inventory processes are back in proper working order, and it is scrambling to push out orders that had been delayed and rebuild trust with its network of Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by Amazon and Overstock challenging a law in New York state requiring some out-of-state Internet retailers to collect sales taxes. The case stems from a statute enacted in 2008 Read more
