Online Commerce Trend: More Spending, Smaller PurchasesAll Things DigitalEBay, which is first major e-commerce provider to report Q4 results, confirmed it was also seeing the trend. The company's payments division, PayPal, reported smaller transactions during the fourth quarter across the merchants it serves. …eBay (EBAY) Beats the Street on Strong …

Bloomberg PayPal Will Expand In-Store Payments to 2000 Locations by MarchBloombergEBay Inc. (EBAY)'s PayPal e-commerce payment business plans to let shoppers pay with its service in more than 2000 brick-and-mortar stores by March, part of an effort to win away customers from credit-card companies. The company began a trial with …

The village’s post office received notice Wednesday that it again faces permanent closure. More: continued here

Don Roth (left) and Juanita Miller, members of the Grand Prairie Historical Society, observe the photographs on the wall of Stuttgart City Hall, which has been renovated from the old post office built in 1932. The building is listed on the National Historical Places. More: continued here

Emergency Management Google, Microsoft, Intel, eBay and others to celebrate Data Privacy Day 2012 …Daily DisruptionThe current list of official sponsors includes Intel and eBay Inc. “NCSA is very excited to see widespread support for Data Privacy Day 2012 throughout industry, government, businesses, and communities around the world,” said Executive …

Sacramento has been chosen for Monday's first day of issue for new postage stamps with a bonsai theme. More: continued here

How This Guy Sold His Two-Year-Old Company To eBay For $75 Million (EBAY)San Francisco ChronicleLast night, Milo co-founder Jack Abraham explained how he sold his startup to eBay for $75 million after less than two years. He was speaking to a roomful of entrepreneurs, investors, and bankers at Rocketspace in …

Stamp of approval: Ceremony welcomes new post officeWestport-NewsJoined by US Postal Service officials, First Selectman Gordon Joseloff, center, cuts the ribbon at the Westport post office in Playhouse Square on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. From left, are: Westport post office supervisor Amalia Cruz; Westport postmaster …and more » More: continued here

Joined by U.S. Postal Service officials, First Selectman Gordon Joseloff, center, cuts the ribbon at the Westport post office in Playhouse Square on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. From left, are: Westport post office supervisor Amalia Cruz; Westport postmaster Dennis Kassimis; Joseloff; Jeff Salamon, manager of post office for operations from …

Newsday Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoesNewsdayNation Newsday > News > Nation Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes Published: January 20, 2012 6:52 AM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. …Gingrich …