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This week in eBay alternative news there’s lots of growth — and growing pains. Etsy gets new hardware and Bonanzle offers optional site membership plans. Meanwhile, on eBay, the new policy prohibiting paper payments takes effect. More: continued here

As Royal Mail prepared to announce profits of over £177 million, around 500 postal workers and supporters marched in Crewe last Saturday to demand the local mail centre is kept open. More: continued here

The debate over the fate of the Royal Poinciana Playhouse is heating up as the Town Council’s Nov. 12 meeting to consider landmarking the Royal Poinciana Plaza draws near. More: continued here

Double blow for Royal MailReading Evening Post, UK –1 hour agoBy Stuart White Royal Mail have been docked three points and heavily fined for fielding an illegible player against Woodcote/Stoke Row in September. … More: continued here

Ex-eBay CEO: Education should be 'national security priority'Trading Markets (press release), CA –22 minutes agoWhen Ms. Whitman took the reins of eBay in 1998, the Silicon Valley start-up had fewer than 30 employees and about $4 million in annual revenues. … More: continued here

D-Day looms for post office branchesexpressandstar.com, UK –5 hours agoMany traditional post office services, such as car tax payments, are now being provided online which is said to have contributed to a downturn in custom. … More: continued here

Police are looking for three men involved in an attempted armed robbery at a post office in Stoke-on-Trent. More: continued here

Former Champion Bumper hero Cork All Star is set to make his return over obstacles in the Grade Three Anglo Irish Bank Hurdle at Down Royal on Friday. More: continued here

Residents sign petition to keep Northern Kentucky post office open More: continued here