Did you know that Mary Quant is the creator of the miniskirt? She named it after her favorite car, developed by Sir Alec Issigonis. More: continued here

FedEx Ground, the small-package ground delivery service of FedEx Corp., has recognized Richard M. Degennaro, a resident of Lindenhurst, for achieving 10 years of safe driving without a preventable accident. Degennaro has been a professional truck driver for 11 years with FedEx Ground and works out of the company’s Garden …

Stamps will now be available at the mall. India Post opened the first franchised post office of the West Bengal circle, also comprising Sikkim and the Andamans, in the Starmark bookstore at South City Mall on Friday. More: continued here

“COWARDLY” bandits bashed a post office worker with a shotgun while terrified staff barricaded themselves in a store room this morning. More: continued here

eBay President and CEO John Donahoe greeted Wall Street analysts with bad news on Wednesday afternoon, telling them in a scheduled conference call, “This is eBay’s first negative year-over-year quarter, and we’re not happy about it.” Later in the call, he defended his performance. More: continued here

THE full extent of post office closures in the countryside is revealed today. More: continued here

Amazon.com once again inched past eBay as the No. 1 online shopping destination in December, according to Nielsen Online. Longtime retail traffic winner eBay last month gave up its traditional top spot to Amazon after months of slipping traffic. More: continued here

Examiner.com Pet groomer who sold 'gothic kittens' on eBay formally charged …Examiner.com –34 minutes agoby Helena Sung, Pet News Examiner Holly Crawford, 34, who will forever be remembered as the woman who sold pierced kittens on eBay, has been formally … More: continued here

House Commerce Committee Stamps $1B for Open AccessWireless Week –3 hours agoBy Evan Koblentz A $2.825 billion fund for the broadband industry was approved by the House Committee on Energy and Congress yesterday, as part of a larger … More: continued here

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. , the world’s biggest Internet auctioneer, may decline in trading today after giving a first-quarter forecast that missed analysts’ estimates and saying the value of goods sold on its site dropped. More: continued here