This week Tod Cohen, Vice President of eBay Inc. Global Government Relations, was interviewed on eBay Radio about the work our team does to protect eBay Inc. and its community of users. Specifically Tod spoke with Griff and Lee of eBay Radio about the negative effects the Marketplace Fairness Act would have on small web-enabled businesses.
Pictured, L to R: Jon DeWitte (Rep. Bill Huizenga), Marliss McManus (Rep. Bill Huizenga), eBay Inc.'s Ali Gabel, Rep. Robert Pittenger, Rep. Bill Huizenga
On January 31st, eBay Inc.’s CEO, John Donahoe joined President Obama, Vice President Biden, and other senior officials for a CEO Roundtable at the White House on hiring the long-term unemployed. John and the other participants discussed strategies for how the government and the private sector could work together to create economic opportunity for all Americans – an idea eBay Inc. has long held as a priority and mission for the company.
For over 200 years, small businesses all across the country have relied on their local post office to play an important role in achieving success. The post office has provided small businesses all across the country the opportunity to connect with customers from coast to coast and everywhere in between. “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night” have prevented the postal service from being a trusted business partner to the local small business owner.
This month, a group of eBay entrepreneurs traveled to Salt Lake City to meet with their state legislators to discuss the importance of protecting Utah small businesses from onerous Internet sales tax mandates. Over the years, Utah legislators have introduced Internet sales tax proposals that would affect small Internet retailers and entrepreneurs.
Millions of Americans rely on the US Postal Service every day. The US Postal Service is an especially critical tool for small ecommerce businesses, who rely on postal services to reach their customers and compete with larger retailers.
Yesterday, PayPal was honored to host Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) at the Omaha, Nebraska campus. During her visit, Senator Fischer not only received a tour of the campus, but also visited with a number of the employees whom were pleased to share with the Senator the vision of PayPal and future of digital payments.