AFP Amazon.com Lowers Annual Forecast; Shares Plunge (Update2)Bloomberg –32 minutes agoAmazon.com's reduced forecast and EBay Inc.'s projection last week for its first quarterly sales decline suggest online retailers won't be spared the …Amazon.com profit rises 48% but lowers forecastUSA TodayAmazon profits up, outlook for year downAFPAmazon.com profit soars but outlook and …

Times Online Wildlife group applauds EBay's global ban on ivory salesLos Angeles Times, CA –3 hours ago"eBay already had stringent regulations in place for the sale of ivory, which is regulated by a complex set of laws and treaties. …EBay to ban sale of ivory productsChicago TribuneUn-Netting Trade in Endangered Species: eBay …

1899 post office is under threatOxford Mail, UK –2 hours agoBy Chris Kearney » A campaign has been started to try to save an Oxford post office open since 1899. The post office, based in Lloyds Pharmacy in Woodstock … More: continued here

NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) Obama Collectible Stamps Supports CharitiesNewsReleaseWire.com (press release) –2 hours agoTampa, FL – October 22, 2008: A company in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area has released the first ever Obama and Obama & Michelle postage-style stamps. … More: continued here

eBay has begun setting limits on the amount of Shipping & Handling sellers in certain categories can charge buyers. And beginning January 27, 2009, eBay UK will require sellers to offer free Shipping & Handling for domestic deliveries of DVDs. AuctionBytes.com surveyed readers on these policies in October 2008. There …

Scoop up dollar deals from eBay and AmazonCNET News, CA –6 hours agoA new site called Daily Dollar Deals catalogs soon-to-end eBay auctions that have prices below $1. Just pick a category–anything from Antiques to Video … More: continued here

FedEx Express broke ground on its new Central and Eastern European gateway at the Cologne-Bonn Airport in Germany. The facility will be the carrier’s largest powered by solar energy and its first solar-powered hub outside the United States. Construction began Oct. 20 and will be completed in 2010. More: continued …

International Anti Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) Urges US …MarketWatch –48 minutes agoThe brief references eBay's persistent failure to meet its obligations to prevent illegal sales of counterfeit and infringing goods on its site and explains … More: continued here

eBay said it would begin a test phase of Project Echo with pilot applications starting next month. eBay had announced Project Echo in June, describing it as a program that would allow developers to integrate their applications in eBay’s selling tools. eBay said it would complete the code for the …

Lost in the shuffle of the two team records Nik Lewis claimed in Saturday’s win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers was another significant two. As in, the number of touchdowns Brett Ralph scored in the Stamps’ 37-16 triumph, which put the team a win away from its first West Division …