thestreet.com's david peltier gives us the names of the best dividend-paying stocks under $10. ebay won today a crucial court battle against luxury jeweler tiffany-- without going to court. that's because the u.s. supreme court refused to hear an appeal of tiffany's lawsuit against ebay over the sale of counterfeit merchandise. by rejecting the suit, the high court let a previous ruling stand. ebay cannot be held liable unless it knew specific items were bogus. this case was seen as a legal landmark for doing business over the internet. >> tom: meanwhile, the supreme court has agreed to hear another major business matter, this one involving microsoft. at stake? a $290 million dispute between it and canadian firm i4i over a tool used in the popular "word" program. lower courts have ruled microsoft infringed on i4i's patent. microsoft wants those rulings thrown out, and the rules changed for proving a patent is valid. >> susie: as we head toward the end of the year, it's time to get your income tax strategies in place. planning is especially thorny this year because no one knows