It wants to be the first place consumers go when they begin shopping. In a sign of its commitment to mobile commerce, eBay made two significant acquisitions last year, buying bar code scanning app provider RedLaser for an undisclosed sum and paying $75 million for Milo.com, whose technology enables consumers …

Currently about one in five New Yorkers are on food stamps, but many new recipients are not on welfare. That’s because New Yorkers are special, and what would count as being in “poverty” here doesn’t always count as poverty in the rest of the country. A new report (below) on …

Royal Mail is planning to axe 1,700 jobs, including 1,000 managers, and close two mail centres under plans announced tonight. More: continued here

eBay India expects 50-60% growth this yearBusiness StandardEcommerce firm eBay expects its Indian business to grow 50-60 percent in the next 12 months as users become more comfortable with making purchases online. Kashyap Vadapalli, director (categories & business development), eBay India, told reporters here … More: continued here

Royal Mail to Cut Up to 3451 Jobs Amid 'Modernization' PlanBloombergRoyal Mail Group Ltd. is to cut up to 3451 jobs across its operations, with as many as 1000 operational line managers' jobs to be eliminated through “voluntary means,” it said in an e-mailed statement. … More: continued here

EPA warns of banned pesticide in product used to kill antsThe Hill (blog)EPA warned 2800 customers who purchased Fast Ant Bait online through sites like eBay about the possible health dangers of the product, which is manufactured in China. Fastpestcontrol.com, the site selling the product, no longer sells the Fast …

Royal Mail is planning to cut 1700 jobs – including 1000 managers – and close two mail centres under modernisation plans it has announced. More: continued here

ATTUNGA is through to the Manilla grand final while Post Office Hotel survived a nail-biting minor semi final eliminator against Barraba on Saturday to remain in the hunt for the other place in the decider. More: continued here

The United States Postal Service has moved forward with plans to change the location of its retail service in Springfield. The USPS has confirmed it has executed a lease agreement for 1138 Baltimore Pike, formerly the Baja Fresh in Olde Sproul Village Shopping Center. More: continued here

The company also said that a almost 2,000 jobs had already been cut since the start of the year in areas including finance, IT, human resources and support services. More: continued here