NEW YORK (Reuters) – Costly fuel and harsh weather are leading more people to shop from home this year — good news for FedEx and United Parcel Service as online sales jumped by double digits in the first quarter. More: continued here

EBay Inc. said it will reap more than a 50 percent return from the company’s $2.6 billion investment in Skype Technologies SA six years ago, following Microsoft Corp.’s agreement yesterday to buy the Web calling service. More: continued here

Globe and Mail Princess Beatrice to auction royal wedding hat; mom Fergie talks about snubLos Angeles Times (blog)"She's putting it up on EBay to auction it for UNICEF and for children in crisis," her mother Sarah Ferguson told Oprah Winfrey in an interview that aired Wednesday. The fascinator, custom-made by …

PR Web (press release) Stamping out Extinction: New Postage Stamp Benefits Vanishing SpeciesDigitalJournal.com (press release)The US Postal Service today unveiled a new postage stamp to raise money to protect endangered species, including tigers, rhinos and marine turtles. The stamp features an Amur tiger cub and is the result of a …

Central Florida News 13 Postal Service Reports Billions in LossesBig GovernmentIn short: Uncle Sam is broke, the US economy is shrinking, and the President of the United States wants the federal government to run 1/6 of the US economy that health care represents; and the government is unable to run …

Globe and Mail EBay to Make $1.4 Billion on SkypeBloombergEBay Inc. said it will reap more than a 50 percent return from the company's $2.6 billion investment in Skype Technologies SA. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg EBay Inc. (EBAY) said it will reap …Skype's long history of owners and also-rans: At an …

Globe and Mail Walter shows class with StampsVictoria Times ColonistAnd Wednesday morning, he told Stamps coach and general manager John Hufnagel, who picked him in the fifth round of Sunday's draft, that he will be available for training camp and beyond. “I got in touch with my course co-ordinator and …

MiamiHerald.com Letter carriers plan to collect food donations SaturdayWLBZ-TV"I know for me, I'm a single parent with an 11-year-old daughter and it's made it so that at the end of the month before the food stamps come in, we have good food on our table," Cushman said. "We're not eating …

SOHH Exclusive: eLZhi Reveals 'Illmatic' Remake Stamp Of Approval, "He Heard About …SOHHMe and Pete Rock go way back, so you know, just to get those stamps of approval from those people, that's just a blessing right there." (SOHH) Yesterday, eLZhi talked to SOHH about his motivation for putting out …

Reuters EBay Makes $1.4 Billion on Original Skype Investment After Microsoft DealBloombergEBay Inc. said it will reap more than a 50 percent return from the company's $2.6 billion investment in Skype Technologies SA. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg EBay Inc. (EBAY) said it will reap …Skype's long history of owners and also-rans: …