EcommerceBytes (blog) What Do You Think of Lookback Periods for eBay Defect Rates?EcommerceBytes (blog)In the recent eBay Webinar about the new seller standards, which I blogged about recently, a question came up about defect rates and the "lookback period" eBay has for calculating a seller's positive feedback percentage. As you …

US: Post Office unveils stamp for murdered gay rights hero Harvey MilkPinkNews.co.ukThe US Post Office has unveiled a stamp to memorialise assassinated gay politician Harvey Milk. According to reports, the stamp will be available to buy from May 22 this year, which is celebrated as Harvey Milk Day. The stamp …

Irish Mirror Third man arrested after Clondalkin post office robberyIrish TimesTwo males, one believed to have been armed with a firearm and the other with a sledgehammer, entered the post office at the Mill Shopping Centre and threatened staff and demanded money. The raiders left the scene in a waiting …

Royal Mail sold at 'mates rates'MSN UKThe Royal Mail was sold off at "mates rates" to David Cameron's friends in the City, Ed Miliband claimed today. The Labour leader challenged Mr Cameron to name today's share price compared with the initial sale offering of 330p and condemned the … More: continued …

Ward 4 Councilman De’Keither Stamps calls the Jackson Zoo’s retention of its accreditation a Lumumba/Tillman win, referring to late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and interim Mayor Charles Tillman. More: continued here

The Guardian Vince Cable under pressure to name Royal Mail'priority investors'The GuardianVince Cable is under intense pressure to name the "priority investors" that sold their Royal Mail stakes almost immediately after the privatisation making "huge profits" at the expense of taxpayers. Chuka Umunna, shadow business secretary, has written …Vince Cable …

Mother Jones Paul Ryan Wants to Block Grant Food Stamps and Medicaid. That's a Terrible Idea.Mother JonesOn Tuesday, Ryan issued the House GOP's 2015 budget proposal, which would make major changes to two of the federal government's primary anti-poverty programs, food stamps and Medicaid. Using as his model the supposedly …

New Statesman PMQs review: Going postal over Royal Mail privatisationNew StatesmanMiliband's questions focused on the privatisation of Royal Mail and, specifically, the charge that a prized asset was sold too cheap, with the result that Britain has been collectively diddled out of millions. (£750m according to a National Audit … …

Kingsbridge Post Office seeks to right wrongsThe Riverdale PressWhen he received a slip four days ago announcing that he had a package to pick up at the Kingsbridge Post Office, Dominic Figueroa attempted to call the branch three times to inquire about his item, but could not get anyone on …

British PM Cameron comes under pressure over Royal Mail sell-offReutersLONDON, April 2 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron came under pressure in parliament on Wednesday over his government's sale of Royal Mail with the opposition Labour party accusing him of selling the firm off too cheaply to a handful …