Public Service Privatised Royal Mail can adapt to online age, says ministerPublic Service"Royal Mail will need future access to private sector capital so that it can continue to modernise and become more efficient and competitive [and] innovate and invest and seize opportunities presented by new markets – like the rapid …

The privatisation of Royal Mail will mean scrapped services and inflated pricesLeft Foot ForwardNow the government has announced its intention to privatise Royal Mail, we must face up to the prospect of what the postal service might look like in a few years' time. If the energy or rail privatisations …

Fil Adams-Mercer, the founder of the UK's largest online parcel delivery service Parcel2Go, has said he believes online marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon are still a great optio More: continued here

A Shropshire village got its postoffice back today – more than three years after it was axed as part of nationwide cuts. More: continued here

Quicksales abolishes fee to lure disgruntled eBay sellersNEWS.com.auLast month eBay flagged that from the start of May it sales commission would rise from 7.9 per cent to 9.9 per cent. Seeking to exploit eBay seller disgruntlement, this morning quicksales announced it would remove its 2 per cent commission. quicksales …and …

How eBay CEO John Donahoe Keeps Founders From Leaving After AcquisitionsTechCrunchAt TechCrunch Disrupt 2013 NY, eBay's CEO John Donahoe talked to Bloomberg's chief content editor Norm Pearlstine about how the company screens its acquisitions and how he keeps founders from leaving after the acquisition. Since becoming eBay's… More: continued here

Heritage.org (blog) Food stamps for illegal aliensRedStateThere has been much controversy over the government's efforts to advertise welfare programs, particularly the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as the “food stamp” program. Only they're not “stamps” any more.Uncle Sam Wants You… on Food Stamps?Heritage.org (blog)How Many People Around You …

MediaPost Communications Deaf Web User Wants eBay Discrimination Suit RevivedMediaPost CommunicationsMissouri resident Melissa Earll argues that eBay's policy of requiring sellers to use a telephone to confirm their identities made it impossible for her to sell goods on the service. She contends that eBay's policy violates the federal Americans with …

Blizzard Service Award Sword and Shield on eBay for $20000PolygonA Blizzard Service Award sword and shield, awarded to Blizzard employees for long service, is listed on eBay with a "Buy It Now" price of $19,999. The seller, "gemmintwen," states the sword and shield belonged to a former Blizzard executive who …

Quicksales abolishes fee to lure disgruntled eBay sellersHerald Sunquicksales – a unit of the $2.3 billion ASX-listed caresales.com.au – desperately needs to attract new users and sellers if it is to become a viable alternative to eBay, which has built a dominant position in the Australian online auction market. Have …