The U.S. Marshals Service recently rejected a $385,000 bid to buy the Old Town Manassas post office. More: continued here

BusinessTech EBay and Wal-Mart compete with Amazon through searchVertical Leap News (press release)In order to compete against online retail giant Amazon, eBay and Wal-Mart have decided to rebuild their own search engines. That's according to reuters.com, which suggests that the two firms are well behind Amazon in terms of search.eBay, …

A collection of Buddhist stamps from Vietnam and around Asia is on display at Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City. More: continued here

IDG News Service – EBay is hiring for a development center it is setting up in Bangalore, its second in the country. The online auction company said Tuesday that it will hire 1,000 employees over the next three years at the new facility. More: continued here

EBay Incorporated (NASDAQ: EBAY) will open a new software development center in Bangalore, India which will employ as many as 1,000 engineers to support its eBay Marketplaces and PayPal products, the company announced Tuesday. More: continued here

EcommWire (press release) Full sheet of 80 Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps brings $135600 at auctionEcommWire (press release)(OCEANSIDE, NY) – A full sheet of 80 post office-fresh Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps, purchased in 1980 by the consignor at a post office inside the People's Republic of China, …

Accountancy Age DLA Piper in Royal Mail VAT case against HMRCAccountancy Ageby Calum Fuller DLA PIPER has succeeded in its application to bring a lead case against HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for value added tax (VAT) levied on Royal Mail's services. If successful, businesses could recover £220m paid in …

DLA PIPER has succeeded in its application to bring a lead case against HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for value added tax (VAT) levied on Royal Mail's services. If successful, businesses could recover £220m paid in credit for input taxes. More: continued here

Luray Page Free Press Rural Wyoming post office users wait in limbo for news on closuresCasper Star-Tribune OnlineLANDER — Since Mary Spence was born in the Cora area more than 70 years ago, one thing has been constant: the post office. Cora, according to local legend, began as a small …

Sydney Morning Herald Black Caviar gets bookies' stamp of approvalSydney Morning HeraldBLACK CAVIAR'S rise from racehorse to national darling continues as the unbeaten superstar was featured in a set of stamps released yesterday by Australia Post to celebrate her 20 straight wins. The next chapter in Black Caviar's remarkable story …