Dispatches
eBay Government Relations team sponsors a Campbell Middle School Career Day
eBay Government Relations was the proud sponsor of Campbell Middle School’s first ever Career Day. Campbell Middle School hosted its first ever Career Day on Thursday, May 27, 2010 for eighth grade students. The day ran from 8:45 am to 1:00 pm. The students had an opportunity to select four separate breakout sessions with speakers representing a wide range of careers. Over thirty different speakers participated and lead individual sessions.
- June 4, 2010
eBay sponsors a Small Business Administration Town Hall in Washington, DC
As a major generator of small business growth, eBay knows that entrepreneurs often face serious hurdles in getting their ventures off the ground. Ensuring those entrepreneurs have the tools they need to clear those hurdles remains important to eBay, which is why we were proud to co-sponsor National Small Business Week in Washington, D.C.
- June 3, 2010
Head of eBay Government Relations China Shares a Typical Day in Shanghai
In China, and in many Asian markets, eBay is growing rapidly. As part of its efforts in Asia, eBay strives to retain a healthy relationship with governments there. Tang Lei, Head of Government Relations for China and SEA, spearheads this effort. Check out a typical day for Lei!
- June 3, 2010
eBay Sends Letter Supporting Genachowski with Open Internet Coalition
eBay and the Open Internet Coalition sent a letter to FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski supporting the development of a plan to bring broadband to all Americans. It begins:As Internet and technology companies, we strongly support the deployment of better and faster broadband transmission services as quickly as possible. Broadband serves as the critical “on-ramp” for consumers to access the full richness of the Internet. We applaud the effort by the Federal Communications Commission to develop a plan to bring broadband to all Americans.
- May 24, 2010
Senate Committee discusses small business and entrepreneurship
On May 13th, eBay top seller, Chris Chapman, participated in the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s roundtable on Connecting Main Street to the World: Small Business Perspectives on Internet Access. Chris was one of 11 small business leaders from across the country invited to participate in this discussion regarding the importance of Internet access to small businesses of every kind, including online commerce.
- May 18, 2010
