Biz Break: Splunk IPO, eBay and Gilead skyrocket on Wall Street, but Apple and …San Jose Mercury News(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Today: Splunk breaks out on its IPO day, more than doubling on the open market, with eBay (EBAY) and Gilead also enjoying banner days. But Wall Street still falls as Apple …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Recluse spiders have been found at a post office in Louisville, and the building has been closed down for more than two weeks to be treated. The U.S. Postal Service says the shutdown was starting Thursday, and the post office in the Louisville suburb of Fairdale …

WYANDOTTE: Post office closure still in questionSouthgate News HeraldBy Jim Kasuba WYANDOTTE — The fate of the city's post office appears to still be up in the air, but if it closes officials say they still want to have some sort of postal presence. The issue arose at Monday night's …

Post Office Clerk Honored at FairhavenPatch.comSykesville Post Office/Submitted "I REMEMBER THAT” has been a huge success due to the creative energies of Kathy Gambrill, a clerk at the Old Main Line Visitor Center and Post Office in Sykesville. The informal social program was started three years … More: continued here

Shares of eBay Inc. surged to their highest level since 2006 Thursday as investors weighed the potential of the company's growing PayPal business and orders were brisk on eBay's e-commerce websites in the first quarter. More: continued here

Farm Futures Food Stamp Rolls to Grow Through 2014, CBO SaysWall Street Journal (blog)It said the number of people receiving the benefits, commonly known as food stamps, would continue growing until 2014. Spending for the program, not including administrative costs, rose to $72 billion in 2011, up from $30 billion …

Independent Online US HOT STOCKS: eBay, Qualcomm, Human Genome Sciences, Cypress SemiWall Street JournalAmong the companies whose shares are actively trading in the session are eBay Inc. (EBAY), Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) and Human Genome Sciences Inc. (HGSI). EBay's ($40.71, +$4.84, +13.49%) first-quarter profit rose 20% on continued strength in the …

A Mountain View post office could be renamed in memory of U.S. Army Lt. Ken Ballard, who was killed while serving in Iraq in 2004, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's office reported. More: continued here

ELWELL, Mich. (AP) — A central Michigan post office that averages just 19 minutes of retail business a day will close, despite opposition from residents who appealed to keep it open. More: continued here

The facility on Mount Holly Road will be temporarily closed starting April 19 in order to get rid of recluse spiders, which are venomous. More: continued here