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EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe began emailing millions of users of the company's online marketplace on Sunday in an unprecedented lobbying effort to change looming Federal sales tax legislation.The e-commerce giant plans to send emails from Donahoe to at least 40 million eBay users, including most sellers on the marketplace. The first messages were sent out Sunday morning.In the emails, Donahoe said the legislation, known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, unfairly burdens small online merchants and asked eBay users to send an email message to members of Congress asking for changes.The legislation, due to be voted on by the Senate in coming days, gives states the power to compel retailers outside their borders to collect online sales tax. Currently, states can only require merchants with a physical presence within their borders to collect.The legislation includes an exemption for merchants that generate less than $1 million in annual out-of-state revenue.Donahoe argued in the emai...
President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked a Republican-backed resolution to disapprove of the Federal Communications Commissio...
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to disapprove Internet "neutrality" rules that were adopted last year to keep big Internet providers from blocking ...
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The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to overturn proposed rules that bar Internet service providers from blocking legal content but give some discretion to...
FBN's Connell McShane on the tech giant's announcement Larry Page will become the new CEO.
Rep. Joe Barton argues the 112th congress will pass meaningful legislation and help lead the economy on a road to recovery.
Wall Street Journal's Dan Henninger on why there is reason to be optimistic about the U.S.'s political and economic future.
Reed Hundt, former FCC chairman, on the FCC’s newly-adopted Internet rules and their implications for free speech and free markets.
Iranian authorities have reopened access to Google Inc's email service a week after blocking it, a government official and Iranians said on Monday.Iran maintains one...
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Looks like we may see another development today in Apple's ongoing iPad/4G controversy in Australia. The country's Competition and Consumer Commission is meeting wit...
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell on why U.N. efforts to regulate the web would be detrimental, particularly to emerging markets.
Rep. Phil Gingrey, (R-Ga), on efforts to reverse Obama’s pro-union policies and his NLRB recess appointments.
Website hosting company GoDaddy has officially voiced its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Bill in 2012, which is designed to thwart movie and music pir...
Members of the “Job Creators Alliance” on the growing impact of government regulation.
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