Postal Service to Salute Girl Scouts in 2012PR Newswire (press release)Using social media to reach broader, more diverse audiences is an initiative that began this month to engage more interest in stamp collecting. Select stamps from the 2012 commemorative program will be previewed one at a time throughout the summer. …

(BRUSSELS ) – Europe’s anti-trust watchdog on Friday launched a probe into British government plans to take on the Royal Mail’s hefty pension fund and deficit when the postal service is privatised in 2012. More: continued here

Postal Service talks study list detailsPittsburg Morning SunVisits to local post offices are down by 200 million. That equates to a revenue loss of $2 billion. People are buying where it is more convenient.” And that includes some of the modern “village post office” ideas already being implemented, …Our view: …

International Business Times AU eBay Announces Promotion, New Features and Expansion of Ad Testing in UKAuctionbyteseBay UK is running a listing promotion over the weekend. Private (casual) sellers who list auctions at any starting price in eligible categories on July 30 – 31 will pay no insertion fees. All other …

Fox News Casey Anthony mask sells for nearly $1 million on eBaySheKnows.comA mask looking eerily like Casey Anthony has sold for nearly $1 million dollars on eBay. The scariest costume for Halloween 2011? Casey Anthony. One eBay user will have the ultimate Casey Anthony costume this year after winning an …

With Three Post Offices, Towns Dodge Closure List [POLL]Patch.comThe US Postal Service this week released a list of 43 post offices statewide that are being considered for closure and none of the three post offices in the two towns were on the list. By Robert Gates The South Hamilton Post …

Daily Beast Pinoy guilty for selling spy plane on eBayABS CBN Newsby Balitang America Staff CALIFORNIA – A Filipino pleaded guilty to one count of indictment after he sold a US unmanned aerial vehicle spy plane for US$13000 on E-bay last year. Henson Chua was indicted in a US District …

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is already part of a tiny, select club: she’s one of only four self-made female billionaires in America, and one of only two who made her cash without the help of her husband (Oprah’s the other, natch).Now, in a rare TV interview, she’s hinted that …

Rural post offices in area may closeWilliamsport Sun-GazetteStill, it eventually could mean sites such as the Slate Run post office operated out of Wolfe's store will close. "Not everybody supports the local post office, but mostly they do," said Wolfe's owner Tom Finkbiner. Many area residents depend on the …Some …

Washington Square post office could closeWausau Daily HeraldFor Patti Kittel, shipping packages out of the tiny post office inside Washington Square in downtown Wausau has become a regular affair — one that soon could come to an end. The post office, staffed for just four hours daily, is among 3600 …