Edward Haney was laid off from his scaffolding job four months ago. “I have three teenage daughters and a wife and a mortgage note. And I can’t cut it on my unemployment benefits,” he says. More: continued here

For the first time since December 2007, Amazon.com has beaten eBay in terms of unique website visitors. Amazon.com usually lags eBay in terms of unique audience, and only beat them by 250,000 unique visitors in December 2007. But data from Nielsen-Online reveals Amazon.com received 2.244 million more unique visitors than …

Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) — A member of Prime Minister Gordon Brown ’s government resigned in protest about plans to sell a share in the state-owned Royal Mail Group Plc, signaling a rebellion within the ruling Labour Party. More: continued here

The 2009 Small Business Computing Excellence in Technology Awards is asking small businesses to vote for the best eBay alternative and storefront/shopping cart. The magazine chose four ecommerce sites from which voters can choose: Bonanzle, eCrater, Etsy and Wigix. More: continued here

A junior member of the Government resigned today as a Labour rebellion over plans to sell off almost half of the Royal Mail to a foreign company gathered pace. More: continued here

Washington, Dec 17 : Rapper Snoop Dogg has put his garden shed on the eBay auction block to raise funds for charity. More: continued here

Thousands sign up for food stampsabc11tv.com, NC –2 hours agoSince June of this year, roughly 90000 have signed up for food stamps. There are now more than 100000 in the program than there were at this time last year. … More: continued here

Footnote: What's the link between the Madoff fraud, the UK housing …PersonnelToday.com, UK –3 hours agoExpect a few more scams and frauds to be uncovered as the economy contracts (with the latest one being potentially the Royal Mail pensions……..). …From Paris to Tokyo, more Madoff victims emergeInternational Herald TribuneInvestors grapple with fallout …

South London Press Today Stamps celebrate Lewis Hamilton's F1 successIsle of Man Today, UK –4 hours agoBy RICHARD ALLEN THE Isle of Man Post Office is to issue stamps to mark Lewis Hamilton's F1 world championship win. Given the Island's motorsport …Hamilton gets the stamp of approval from Isle of Man Post …

Evening Telegraph Dismay at Post Office’s stanceEvening Telegraph, UK –27 minutes agoA Dundee councillor has branded claims by Royal Mail bosses that the city’s surviving Post Offices can cope with the extra pressure caused by this summer’s … More: continued here