Madoff's Mets Season Tickets Sell for $38100 in EBay AuctionBloombergThe two bidders elevated the price last night from the minimum opening of $30000 on EBay Inc.'s auction site. The owner of the winning bid was identified only by the screen name s***e. The seats for the Mets' final 75 home …

BBC News In Hindsight: We're all just supporting players on Larry Ellison's …San Jose Mercury News,  USATwo more Silicon Valley icons joined the tech earnings cavalcade: San Jose online auction powerhouse eBay and Cupertino iPhone, iPod and "I'm a Mac" computer maker Apple. EBay, not surprisingly, has been battered by …

A former FedEx worker has admitted tipping off thieves who hijacked a company truck in Manhattan and held its driver hostage for hours in a brazen but bungled heist. More: continued here

The puppy abandoned at a post office has been delivered to a new home. The most attention-grabbing puppy in the Helen Woodward Animal Center’s history was adopted Thursday, and Molly’s new family thinks they were all meant to be together. More: continued here

Delivery divas United Parcel Service (UPS: sentiment, chart, options) and FedEx Corporation (FDX: sentiment, chart, options) were bombarded by bearish options bettors on Thursday, after UPS projected second-quarter earnings below the Street’s expectations…( Read More ) More: continued here

Ars Technica Farley Post Office to lose 24-hour serviceChelsea Now, NYBy Patrick Hedlund New Yorkers will lose access to the city's only 24-hour mailing center under a new plan by the United States Postal Service to slash hours at the landmark James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Ave. next month. …

The Royal Mail yesterday became the latest company to warn its workers that they face a pay freeze this year because of the recession. The company wrote to trade unions saying it did not envisage being able to increase wage rates for any employees, including postal workers, managers and directors. …

eBay reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009, posting revenue of $2.02 billion, a $171.6 million year-over-year decrease it said was caused “primarily by the impact of the stronger dollar and the decline of the core Marketplaces business in difficult macroeconomic conditions.” More: continued here

ABC News Susan Boyle charity CD auction price hits $2000 on ebayVancouver Sun,  CanadaIf so, cry me a river, because one of the local singers that helped put that CD together is kind of the biggest deal in music right now – and the CD is selling for over $2000 …

All Royal Mail staff face a pay freeze this year as the postal service says it has been hit by the global turndown. More: continued here