EBay Stock Not Yet a Valuable CollectibleWall Street Journal (blog)By ROLFE WINKLER Consumers may be finding more deals on eBay these days, but that doesn't mean investors should buy the stock now. The online-auction pioneer has seen its shares leap 15% since reporting last week that first-quarter results beat …How …

Michigan lottery winner who continued to collect food stamps gets new hearing dateDetroit Free PressClayton, who continued to get food stamps after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot, has been charged with welfare fraud. The Michigan attorney general's office announced two felony charges Tuesday, April 17, 2012, against Clayton of …

TIME Senators plead for grace period on shuttering post officesGovExec.comBy Kellie Lunney A bipartisan group of senators is asking the head of the US Postal Service to delay the closures of post offices and mail processing facilities scheduled to begin May 15 until after Congress passes legislation reforming the agency.Why …

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GigaOM EBay puts WHERE to work as PayPal Media NetworkGigaOM1, 2012, 11:30am PT No Comments A little over a year after eBay bought mobile ad network WHERE, it's ready to show how it will put the Boston startup to work. WHERE will become PayPal Media Network, as it moves beyond …

Royal Mail defends stamp price riseLiverpool EchoRoyal Mail has defended stamp increases, pointing out that the new 50p second class rate will still be the lowest in Europe. The price is rising from 36p, while first class stamps will increase from 46p to 60p, which will be in the bottom …

A key court hearing has been postponed for a Detroit-area woman who authorities say continued to get food stamps despite winning a Michigan lottery jackpot. More: continued here

Gold sales soar at post officesThe HinduPost offices too, have emerged as hubs of gold coin sales in the recent months. On April 24, Akshaya Tritiya day, the designated post office in the city sold a whopping 5.4 kg of gold coins of varying sizes, worth nearly Rs.1.60 crore. More: …

Senators urge USPS to delay post office, plant closuresFederal TimesBy SEAN REILLY | Last Updated:May 1, 2012 The US Postal Service should freeze plans to close several thousand post offices and processing plants until Congress signs off on a comprehensive fix for the cash-strapped mail carrier, four key senators told …

Post Office finds new Sunnyvale location after Apple displacementBizjournals.com (blog)The Sunnyvale Main Post Office will cease operations at its current leased location at 580 N. Mary Ave. on June 2. The new E. Java location will open on June 4 after renovations to the space are complete, noted USPS spokesman …