The Consumerist USPS Is Not Encouraging You To Buy Christmas Stamps In JuneThe ConsumeristWe'll probably never know why a poster advertising Christmas stamps suddenly appeared in the window at reader Chris's local post office in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, but we're kind of relieved to know that it was not part of …

The Arenac County Independent Post offices in Sterling, Omer targeted for hour reductionsThe Arenac County IndependentARENAC COUNTY — An effort to reduce costs by the U.S. Postal Service will cut hours at the Omer and Sterling post offices starting next year. Sabrina Todd, the Greater Michigan District Communications spokesperson for …

Postman finds cat in his mail vanLittlehampton GazetteThe Royal Mail postman was stunned when he found the tortoiseshell cat curled up in the back of his truck after delivering his post from Southampton to Langley, in Berkshire. The friendly two-year-old was brought to Battersea's rescue centre in Old …and more » …

Economic Times Ebay hires ex-IBM executive Craig Hayman to head enterprise divisionEconomic TimesThe Internet retailer said on Tuesday that Hayman, who at IBM helped develop cloud software and spearhead acquisitions of more than a dozen companies, will report to eBay CEO John Donahoe. "Technology continues to have a significant impact …

printweek.com Royal Mail calls for Ofcom review into TNT 'cherry picking'printweek.comRoyal Mail has urged Ofcom to bring forward its review of the effect of competition on the Universal Service Obligation (USO), which it said was being threatened by 'cherry picking arbitrage' by TNT Post. 220713brief1postoffice120130719023708787. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Earn a living on eBay: 'Our turnover is now £1.5m'Telegraph.co.ukEBay is the market leader: more than 200,000 businesses trade through eBay in Britain, in addition to millions of private sellers, with an estimated £6bn of sales processed each year. But other markets are growing fast, including Etsy and Not …

Technical Report on Internet Software and Services Stocks — Research on eBay…MarketWatchFree technical research on EBAY, TRLA, EQIX and LIVE can be downloaded upon signing up at: http://www.investor-edge.com/4169-register On Tuesday, eBay Inc.'s stock declined 1.09%, closing the session at $48.85. A total of 11.59 million shares were …and more » More: continued …

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Seeds of Alibaba's IPO Planted in 2004 Battle with eBayForbesIn light of Alibaba's upcoming IPO, I thought it would be appropriate to run a series of excerpts from my book The Chinese Dream, which documents Alibaba's humble beginning, its triumph over eBay, and Jack Ma's legendary story. When I first …