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On 4th Monday 2011 the Hon Barry O’Farrell MP, Premier of NSW, unveiled his 100 Day Action Plan for the State.
The 100 Day Action Plan will implement many of Premier O’Farrell’s election promises and make the improvements in NSW that the community has called for.

On 22nd March 2011, the Asia Pacific Government Relations (APGR) team met in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia.

On 22nd March 2011, the Asia Pacific Government Relations (APGR) team met in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia.

'On 22nd March 2011, the Asia Pacific Government Relations (APGR) team met in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia.

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Brian Bieron, eBay Senior Director of Federal Affairs, was quoted this week in an interview with [subscription-based] Washington Internet Daily. Commenting on previous iterations of pending Internet sales tax legislation, Bieron shared that eBay was particularly unsatisfied with the "small seller exemption" of last year’s version of the bill.

Joong Ang Daily, the Korean partner news agency of International Herald Tribune (IHT), recently interviewed eBay Vice President Tod Cohen in Seoul. The interview gave Tod an opportunity to share eBay’s goal of providing exceptional value to buyers all over the world and how, through eBay, local entrepreneurs and small businesses have the opportunity to reach global markets and are not limited to national boundaries. Read the entire report on the JoongAng Daily website.

'Joong Ang Daily, the Korean partner news agency of International Herald Tribune (IHT), recently interviewed eBay Vice President Tod Cohen in Seoul. The interview gave Tod an opportunity to share eBay’s goal of providing exceptional value to buyers all over the world and how, through eBay, local entrepreneurs and small businesses have the opportunity to reach global markets and are not limited to national boundaries. Read the entire report on the JoongAng Daily website.'

There\'s a simple fact that has sold countless stories on the silver screen and elsewhere: Audiences love to see the underdog win. There\'s a definite subversive pleasure in seeing the undisputed champion cornered while the fresh up-and-comer threatens the leader\'s position. And even in an unlikely setting as Korea\'s e-commerce market, such an analogy has driven the media narrative. Then who\'s in the defending corner? Multinational e-commerce giant eBay Inc., whose local unit eBay Korea owns No. 1 and No. 2 online marketplaces GMarket and Internet Auction Co., better known as Auction. Read the full article in the Korea JoongAng Daily.

The eBay Inc. Cross-Border Trade (CBT) Government Relations team participated in a panel discussion this month on the Internet sale of counterfeits, organized by the Quality Brand Protection Committee (QBPC) in Beijing. More than one-hundred members were in attendance, including representatives from eBay’s Asset Protection Team, The Ministry of Public Security and Louis Vuitton Malletier. Click here to read more about the event.

Tod Cohen, eBay\'s Vice President of Global Government Relations, was recently invited to speak at a Breakfast Forum jointly-organized by eBay and the Korea Human Development Institute. The Korea Human Development Institute is an influential research and academic organization.