'Facebook alone contributes of 14% of our traffic at Ebay'Business StandardE commerce in India is at crucial juncture. While the cash crunch is being felt by the most players, social media is fueling a lot of growth for these players. Deepa Thomas, e commerce evangelist at Ebay India, tells Digbijay …

A POST office near Malvern is to close for a week to allow a major refurbishment. More: continued here

Post Office Suspends Service To Area After Carrier Is AttackedCBS2 Chicago“The post office lady was delivering her mail, and our neighbors have a poodle, a little dog, and the dog was running in and out of the gate because she's small enough to do so, and she was barking,” said …

Ebay Grants Cash To Boca Based Humane SocietyBocaNewsNow.comTri County Humane Society, an organization committed to the prevention of cruelty to animals, announced today that it has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the eBay Foundation Corporate Advised Fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The grant … More: continued here

Royal Mail and CWU bid to break deadlock as critics round on Peter Mandelson Talks are expected to be held today in a final attempt to avert a planned two-day postal strike as union leaders and Labour backbenchers accuse the business secretary Peter Mandelson of stirring the dispute. Royal Mail …

The San Luis Obispo Tribune Accident takes out Cambria Post Office doorsThe San Luis Obispo TribuneThe doors at the Cambria Post Office aren't just wide open, they're gone altogether after a wayward driver hit the accelerator instead of the brake while trying to park on Aug. 1. BERT ETLING — …

Ten colourful new stamps go on sale today to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species. The Royal Mail's new stamps commemorate Darwin and the areas of study which inspired his ideas on evolution: zoology, botany, geology, ornithology and …

• Union calls two-day strike over Royal Mail demands • Modernisation needed to survive, says Mandelson The majority of households and businesses will be without post for two days next week after Royal Mail and unions failed to reach a last-minute deal aimed at averting strike action. The Communication Workers …

Media Matters for America (blog) What do food stamps buy?Macon Telegraph (blog)The debate in Congress about cutting the food stamp program has sparked predictable clashes between those who want to help the poor and those who want to cut government spending. But strangely missing from the arguments is a shocking …

Alton Daily News Go-hungry policy: The federal cuts to food stamps will hurt Pa.Pittsburgh Post GazetteThat cut is bad enough, but some members of Congress seek even more devastating reductions in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. As social policy, slashing SNAP is cruel. As economic …