“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

eBay Australia announced on Tuesday several changes that require sellers to update their listings and/or templates. The changes are all effective beginning in early March. The first change is to eBay’s pre-sale policy that prohibits sellers from listings items not in their possession at the time of listing (pre-release DVDs, …

Counterfeit stamps: HC lodges FIRTimes of India, India –1 hour agoThe personnel in the stamp reporting section of the high court had a few days back detected counterfeit stamps printed on petitions and affidavits, … More: continued here

The Associated Press Scots hope to lure tourists on poet's anniversaryThe Associated Press –6 hours agoThe Royal Mail is issuing a set of three stamps to mark the birthday — two carrying an image of the poet, the third with another of his famous sayings: "A … More: continued here