eBay Inc. today announced a planned fourth quarter pretax restructuring charge of approximately $15 million related to staff reductions at the company's PayPal business unit. More: continued here

BBC News Guernsey and Alderney Christmas stamp designs revealedBBC NewsThe designs for this year's Christmas stamps for Guernsey and Alderney have been released by Guernsey Post. The set of seven stamps for each island show scenes from the nativity story and will be issued on 31 October. The stamps were …

New school to be built on land of old Royal Mail depot in Ascot RoadWatford ObserverHertfordshire County Council agreed today to secure the land on the old Royal Mail depot in Ascot Road. Supermarket Morrisons is already in advanced negotiations to build a new store on the site and has …

The USPS is an analog business being rapidly consumed by digitization. Here's a plan to update and rescue it. Reuters "Now it seems strange How we used to wait for letters to arriveBut what's stranger … More: continued here

Bronxville Post Office Closed For Hurricane SandyThe Daily VoiceA large number of Bronxville residents have been coming in over the past few days to send out their mail before the storm hits, said post office employee Kathy Valentine. "It was really crowded earlier this morning from about 9 to 10, …

EcommerceBytes Google, eBay side with student in Supreme Court case on resale of books …San Jose Mercury NewsKirtsaeng used eBay to sell $900,000 worth of books published abroad by Wiley and others and made about $100,000 in profit. The international editions of the textbooks were essentially the same as the …

EBay's PayPal Trimming 2.5% of Staff More: continued here

EBay to cut 325 jobs at PayPal unit More: continued here

SlashGear iPad mini shipments delayed two weeks, selling for big bucks on eBaySlashGearIf you were planning to buy an iPad mini and wanted it to arrive on launch day (November 2), then you were no doubt camped out in front of your computer at midnight with your credit card in …

E-commerce company also will end contracts with 120 contractors as it looks to speed up and simplify development at payment-processing unit. More: continued here