Amazon.com attracted the most traffic among retail web sites last month, with nearly 57 million unique visitors, 4.3% more than eBay’s 54.5 million visitors, says Nielsen Online. It was the third month in a row in which Amazon led in traffic, after overtaking eBay in November. More: continued here

MPs criticised for not blocking Royal Mail saleSwindon Advertiser, UKBy Jeremy Grimaldi » A UNION representative has slammed Swindon’s Labour MPs for failing to back Parliamentary moves to stop the ‘part-privatisation’ of Royal Mail. Chris Rye, branch secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), hit out at North … More: continued …

St. Louis Post-Dispatch More Food Stamps to NYWENY-TV, NYFebruary 27, 2009 ALBANY—Many New Yorkers are struggling to make ends meet, and the demand for food stamps is increasing. Now, more federal funding is going to New York State, to help families. Governor David Paterson announced New York received more …More Missourians …

Can We Have A Carol Bartz For eBay, Please? (EBAY)The Business Insider, NYAnd then there's eBay. When CEO John Donahoe took over last year, there was a brief flash of hope that the reign of neglect and boneheaded acquisitions that characterized the last several years of Meg Whitman's era would be …

With postal rates going up in May, the Post Office is readying new stamps to cover the new prices. More: continued here

Hürriyet Collecting stamps of Ottoman and Turkish vintageHürriyet, TurkeyThe stamp essentially certified that cost had been paid. On Jan. 1, 1863 the Ottoman government under Sultan Abdülaziz whose official signature or tugra was in the center issued its first adhesive postage stamp. It was rectangular and unperforated. … More: continued here

Grand promises that you can make millions off EBay by attending a seminar seem fishy, says the Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island. “It has all the earmarks of what we look for in terms of warning flags,” said Rosalind Scott, BBB executive director. More: continued here

Comic Book Resources Freaky Friday: The Monster Stamps editionComic Book Resources, CaCheck out those monster stamps! I really liked this semi-animated comic strip about the dangers of being drunk. I’m not up on Webcomics, so I don’t know if this sort of thing is used a lot, but if it’s not, …

This week saw the introduction of legislation in the U.S. designed to fight the problem of stolen goods on eBay and other marketplaces, while eBay won a battle in Germany in the war that brand-owners are waging against fakes on the auction site. More: continued here

Associated Press – February 27, 2009 7:55 AM ET CARDIN, Okla. (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service is closing the post office in Cardin in Ottawa County. More: continued here