New plans are underway to convert Chicago’s Old Main Post Office into a 2.7 million square-foot, high-end office and retail site. Sterling Bay Cos. and Bill Davies’ International Property Developers North America are partnering on a $500 million, first-phase project that seeks to redevelop the site, the firms announced Thursday. …

Post office break-in arrest leads to potential meth lab – FOX Carolina 21WHNS GreenvilleForest City police made an arrest in connection with a post office drop box break-in on Thursday. Police said 28-year-old Rodney Brown has been charged with two counts of safecracking the mailbox located in the parking lot. …

EBay's Donahoe Joins Nike's Board, Adding Online Know-HowBloombergEBay Inc. (EBAY) Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe will join Nike Inc. (NKE)'s board, bringing e-commerce experience to a company that's increasingly looking for ways to use the Internet to boost sales. “John's executive management experience in …Nike names eBay's chief to board of …

International Business Times Are Chinese Phones Safe? Amazon, eBay Remove Star N9500 After Spyware …International Business TimesFew online marketplaces made any change days after the announcement, although eBay announced Thursday that the handset device in question had been banned. The Star N9500 is currently for sale on a number of …

Fate of Crossroads post offices to be discussedVictoria AdvocateThe agency wants to know whether its customers prefer that post office's retail window be open for six hours instead of eight on weekdays. Other options include having a rural carrier or contracting with a nearby business, which would sell stamps and …

 eBay today is expanding its lesser-known eBay Sell For Me service to mobile with the launch of a new app called eBay Valet, which promises to let eBay do the selling for you. That is, it takes every step of the selling process — from determining an item’s value to …

Westminster family's duck is stolen at Post OfficeBrattleboro ReformerFogg said a family member was picking up mail at the Westminster Post Office and brought Squeaky, the family's pet duck, along for the trip. But Fogg told the Reformer a young female snatched up Squeaky and drove off with him, leaving …

Old Main Post Office revamp gets a boostCrain’s Chicago BusinessFive years after buying the empty Old Main Post Office, British developer Bill Davies has formed a joint venture with Sterling Bay Cos. in an effort to kick-start a $500 million redevelopment of the hulking West Loop structure. The Chicago-based … …

VentureBeat eBay rumors say PayPal president David Marcus was fired; execs refute the claimsVentureBeatUpdate 6/19: Since the initial publication of this story, Marcus and eBay CEO John Donahoe have gone on the record to say that Marcus was not fired. We've updated the story as noted in italics below, and …

Mark Leftly: A second bite of the Royal Mail cherry – please don't mess it upThe IndependentWestminster Outlook Sadly for Vince Cable, if his five-year tenure as Business Secretary in this bastard hybrid of a government is remembered for anything, it will be for the messed up privatisation of Royal …