EBay’s plan to buy its South Korean counterpart, Gmarket, set investors speculating: Could MercadoLibre be next? More: continued here

More bad news for Derek Draper, as it emerges that his new, post-Smeargate infamy has done little to boost his box office earning potential. Early reports from the Hay festival suggest that the controversial blogger’s question-and-answer session is proving a difficult act to sell. More: continued here

Price of stamps increasing next week by 2 centsBethany Beach Wave, DEThe US Postal Service on Monday issued a reminder of the postage increase, saying that after new rates take effect, customers can continue to mail letters at current prices with Forever stamps purchased in advanced. Forever stamps have no denomination, …

LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – Aides to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are examining proposals to turn the state-owned postal company Royal Mail into a not-for-profit company, instead of pursuing plans to sell a minority stake to the private sector, the Guardian newspaper said on Tuesday. The move would be …

CORRECTING and REPLACING Everyone's Selling Something …Business Wire (press release), CAUsers instantly build a free store that can feature rich media like videos and product images—and publish it in as many places as they'd like, including eBay, which now allows users to publish widgets to their eBay stores. ToldYa handles credit …

Crain's Chicago Business Friedman pushes post office planCrain’s Chicago Business, IL – Thomas A. Corfman, Eddie BaebThe postal service last fall selected Mr. Friedman to buy and redevelop the 1.6-acre parcel bounded by Grand Avenue and Ohio, Dearborn and Clark streets, where a post office now sits. But their vision of a large mixed-use …

The head of the postal regulator has added to concern over a Dutch postal group buying a stake in Royal Mail by raising competition issues, The Times has learnt. More: continued here

KBCI CBS 2 Computer Glitch Stalls Idaho Food StampsKIVI-TV, IDFood stamps were not sent out to a number of Idahoans this weekend. The Department of Health and Welfare started receiving calls about the issue first thing this morning and got to work fixing the problem right away. "We apologize for the …

Times Online UK Brown's aides looking at Royal Mail plan-reportReutersLONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – Aides to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are examining proposals to turn the state-owned postal company Royal Mail [GBPO.UL] into a not-for-profit company, instead of pursuing plans to sell a minority stake to the private …PM …

Gadling Drunk mailman threatens mayhem, grounded for half decadeGadling, CA – Tom Johansmeyerby Tom Johansmeyer on May 4th 2009 at 7:30PM Robert Russell had added "former" to his "mail carrier" title after being laid off by Royal Mail. So, he took a trip to Malaga, Spain. This isn't unusual; plenty of people do …