I was very sorry to hear the news of Rajiv Dutta’s passing earlier today. The following email was sent to all eBay Inc. employees from CEO John Donahoe.

eBay Mobile and Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers have launched a charity auction on eBay.com offering four tickets to Super Bowl XLV.

Through the generous donations of eBay buyers and sellers, the eBay Giving Works program raised $54.8 to donate to U.S. and U.K. nonprofit organizations in 2010. Every 24 seconds a donation was made through the almost 9 million items that were listed on sale, of which either a portion or the whole purchase was donated to charity.

A record $54.8 million was donated to U.S. and U.K. nonprofit organizations by eBay buyers and sellers in 2010. A donation was made every 24 seconds through eBay Giving Works, raising more than $91 every minute for nonprofits.

eBay has selected Triad Retail Media to sell and manage all on-site display advertising for eBay.com and eBay Motors. Under the agreement, Triad will provide end-to-end display ad management to deliver customized, relevant ads on eBay.

Ryan Melcher, Director of eBay Mobile, will talk about how to optimize your listings for mobile eCommerce on smart phones and tablets on RRBRadio tonight.

Had to share this one with folks… Domino’s Pizza Israel is collaborating with PayPal to enable customers ordering pizza online to pay for the purchase in a secure way with PayPal, without the need to disclose their credit card details. From Globes [online], Israel’s business news: The collaboration between Domino’s Pizza and PayPal in Israel…

This week, eBay Inc. is hosting its first global women leader’s conference – the Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) summit. Held in San Francisco, the event brings together for the first time the top women leaders from eBay Inc. – nearly 200 people worldwide.

There’s an insightful 15 minute interview over on the Harvard Business Review podcast “HBR Ideacast” with eBay CEO, John Donahoe.

Substantial consumer spending this holiday season and business from PayPal pushed eBay’s fourth-quarter results ahead of Wall Street’s expectations, leading to a rise shares of eBay Inc. during premarket trading Thursday.