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.

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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. 

Earlier this week, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler issued a statement in response to the decision handed down last month from the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that ruled the agency did not have the authority to enforce its net neutrality rules over broadband networks under section 706 of the Telecommunications Act.  Included in Chairman Wheeler’s statement this week was an outline of the

eBay Inc.'s Head of Government Relations for the Americas Richard Nash described how the company is helping to launch the next generation of digital entrepreneurs during a recent speech to the Minority Media Telecommunications Council. Nash illustrated how platforms like eBay Marketplaces and PayPal are breaking down traditional barriers to commerce for many minority-owned businesses and creating a new era of inclusion for small entrepreneurs.