Post office will not extend hours for tax deadline dayThe Virginian-Pilot, VAThe US Postal Service said Monday that none of its post offices in Hampton Roads will have extended hours on the deadline day. Postal Service employees will collect mail outside the Hampton Roads General Mail Facility in Norfolk until midnight, …

eBay warned its affiliates that the state of California is considering legislation similar to the “Amazon Tax” bill that passed in New York last year. More: continued here

Reuters Canada's Teck plans $2 bln asset sale -reportReuters… the Globe and Mail said, citing sources familiar with the plan. The first in a string of asset sale deals would likely be an agreement by Teck to sell the 65000 ounces of gold produced annually from its Andacollo Hypogene project …

Micrel Semi seeks to swap worthless stock optionsReutersO), ebay Inc (EBAY.O) and Motorola Inc (MOT.N). In a regulatory filing on Monday, Micrel said it expects that the exchange program will commence on or about July 13 and that employees will have at least 20 days to elect to exchange all …

Another cut in Post Office servicesWestern Morning News, UKMINISTERS have been accused of making "empty promises" to support the Post Office network after it emerged another Government service is to disappear from branches. The government-backed savings account, the National Savings and Investments (NS&I) ISA …York MP Hugh Bayley's nine-point plan for …

Auctionbytes Steve Case's PayPal Rival Raises $42 Million (EBAY)The Business Insider, NYIt last raised $50 million in late 2007. How's revolution money hoping to break into this business? It combines PayPal (EBAY) functionality along with a physical card, which it says carries lower fees than traditional payment cards.PayPal, Visa rival gets …

ebay tests selling vehicles on Daily Deal pageAutomotive NewsLocal buyers purchased three more 9-3s after the listings were moved to ebay Motors Mega Deal page for three more days. Wayne Ussery, Jim Ellis Auto's director of Internet marketing, says the group didn't make much money on the Saabs. … More: …

Food stamps may be option for studentsIndependent Collegian (subscription), OHDue to the high cost of education, some students may be resorting to food stamps to pay for their meals. “Students are required to pay such high tuition,” said David Browning, an assistant professor of social work at UT. … More: continued …

guardian.co.uk Rubber banned: Keep Britain Tidy wages war on Royal Mail elastic bandsguardian.co.uk, UKFelton proposed "shaming Royal Mail" into action, and giving postal workers an on-the-spot fine of £80 for dropping litter, with the penalty rising to £2500 if the case goes to court. "Royal Mail staff who drop elastic bands …

Auctionbytes Amazon Joins eBay in Banning Affiliates from Paid SearchAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner Two years after eBay stopped paying affiliates from earning fees on paid-search traffic purchased from sites such as Google, Yahoo and MSN, Amazon.com issued a similar policy. Amazon.com told affiliates on Monday that it would no longer … …