EXTRA NEWS

EBAY SLASHES FEES ON SOME LISTINGS
The San Jose e-commerce powerhouse is slashing its listing fee for "Buy It Now" items down to a little more than penny a day.

SMART GRID PLAYER TRILLIANT SCORES $40 MILLION IN FINANCING
Venture firms see lots of potential for companies making the grid more intelligent with new meters, sensors, software and more.

FACEBOOK MOVE IN PALO ALTO
The expanding social-networking company will set up shop at Stanford Research Park on a temporary basis while it continues its search for a permanent home.

TECH CHIEF FROM SACRAMENTO
San Jose hired Sacramento's top technology official Tuesday as the city's new chief information officer to oversee computer and telecommunications purchases and use in city operations.

BAY AREA HOME SALES
Bargain-hunting home buyers scooping up foreclosure properties deserve credit for some rare good news about the battered Bay Area housing market: Home sales in the region were better last month than they were a year ago, the first time that's happened since 2005.

AGAMI SYSTEMS
When employees at Sunnyvale start-up Agami Systems were told to gather for an urgent 11 a.m. meeting a few Mondays ago, "I thought we were getting bought out,'' a newly hired sales rep recalled. Instead, the CEO announced that Agami was shutting down, effective at 1 p.m. that day.

APPLE AND GOOGLE SCORE HIGH ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Apple and Google garnered exceptionally high scores in the latest national economic gauge of America's satisfaction with products and services.

GOOGLE START BATTLE AGAINST BROADCASTER

WALTER BIERI Effort to open up unused part of spectrum when TV shifts to digital sparks epic D.C. campaigns.