AuctionBytes Blog (blog) eBay Seller Exposes Buyer Transaction Data on WebsiteAuctionBytes Blog (blog)Did eBay shut it down? Did they act unilaterally to do so? Was it with (or without) the seller's permission or cooperation? If eBay did shut down the web site, I wonder who gave them the authority to …

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Wisconsin post office gives Rudolph's stamp of approvalWAOWBy Nate Barrett, Multimedia Journalist – bio | email AP source: Walker donor arrested as part of probe RUDOLPH (WAOW)–A post office nestled in Central Wisconsin comes to life this time of year. A tiny town benefiting from the most favorite reindeer of …

CALIFORNIA The U.S.P.S. plans to offer special holiday hours in certain areas this Sunday, December 18th, for last-minute cards and packages. More: continued here

CTV.ca USPS delays closing and consolidation of post officesGreene County Daily WorldBy Nick Schneider, Assistant Editor This week's announcement that the US Postal Service is delaying the closing or consolidation of post offices and mail processing facilities until May 15, 2012 is good news to Indiana 8th District US Rep. …

Hollywood Reporter Mark Ruffalo Raising Money with eBay to Fight for Clean WaterHollywood ReporterActor Mark Ruffalo is working with eBay to raise funds for his foundation, Water Defense, which is fighting the controversial hydraulic fracturing method, commonly known as fracking, which extracts gas from shale using chemical fluids injected into …

Ebay-owned StubHub acquires Zvents for event listingsVentureBeatTicketing giant StubHub, owned by eBay, has acquired local event-discovery and promotion service Zvents, according to eBay's internal employee blog eBayInk. Exact terms of the deal were not disclosed. Zvents, founded in 2005, lets users to find out …Stubhub acquires Zvents and launches in …

US mail: Slow and slowerLos Angeles TimesIn reality, the Postal Service has been intentionally slowing down first-class mail for almost 50 years. It's time to end the post office's monopoly on letter delivery. In 1960, the post office's annual report announced "the ultimate objective of …and more » More: continued here

Presidential candidates have been sounding off about millionaires on food stamps, but the reality is harsher. Even in high-income zip codes, the formerly well off are having to turn to food stamps to put food on the table. That’s according to two new surveys of food insecurity and income. More: …

Illinois Times Postal Service delays post office closures, including Brimson officeLake County News ChronicleThe United States Postal Service announced Tuesday that it has agreed to delay the closing or consolidation of any post office or mail processing facility until May 1, 2012. This includes delaying the potential closing of the …