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The PayPal Blog has a set of 5 awesome selling tips to help your small business this holiday season. Click Here for the great seller tips.

Small and medium enterprises – SMEs -- still face a number of regulatory barriers selling from one country to another, eBay’s Director of SME Businesses Jody Ford told business community and policy makers of the United Kingdom (U.K.). Click here to read more comments by Ford.

On Monday, The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Tiffany and Co. in a major trademark case, solidifying the ruling handed down in eBay\'s favor this September. eBay was not held liable for trademark infringements stemming from sales on its website by individuals. eBay Inc. continues to favor an open marketplace and actively pursues possible cases of fraud on its websites.

During the Global Entrepreneurship Week, which took place from 15 to 21 November in 104 countries across the world, eBay\'s Director of SME Businesses Jody Ford reminded the UK business community and policy makers that SMEs still face a number of regulatory barriers to sell cross-border.

eBay and PayPal are pleased to support the first-ever Small Business Saturday. November 27th is the day to come together in support of the small businesses we love, like the hundreds of thousands of people who use eBay and/or PayPal to make or supplement their income.

Check out this CNBC story highlighting the work of several different eBay Inc. staff departments who worked together to bring a bad actor to justice. Eric Weinstein was sentenced to five years in prison for using fraudulent names and credit cards to scam the company and avoid paying fees. Upon release from prison, he will be ordered to make monthly payments toward $900,000 in restitution to eBay.

We recently invited our Facebook fans to ask eBay Inc.\'s Brian Bieron their questions about Internet sales tax legislation. We thank Catherine Allen for posting the first question and we\'ve published Brian\'s answer on Main Street. Join the discussion on Facebook and we\'ll continue answering all of your questions.

At eBay Inc., we\'re interested to know more about our website visitors and how we can serve you better. Are you a PayPal merchant interested in legislative issues? Are you an eBay Power Seller looking for E-commerce news? So tell us, what brings you to eBay Main Street today?

Recently, we sat down with eBay\'s Brian Bieron to discuss internet sales tax legislation and the potential harm it could cause small business retailers that use the Internet. We\'ve created a discussion forum on Facebook for Brian to answer all of your questions.

Stay tuned to Main Street for comprehensive election results and analysis. In addition to learning who’s lost and who’s won, you’ll also see tweets from political analysts in Washington, D.C. Whether you\'re a political guru or a first time voter, eBay Main Street has you covered for results and analysis across the country. Click here.