eBay woos big-box retailers, but is it working?InternetRetailer.com, IL –1 hour agoEbay Inc.’s new management team has made sweeping changes to turnaround slipping sales and traffic. One less-publicized move was last year’s relatively … More: continued here

eBay experienced problems with its customer support phone lines beginning at 8:00 am on Wednesday. eBay said on Thursday afternoon that the customer support lines were back at full capacity. More: continued here

What do Tropicana Casino and Resort, Avis and the White House now have in common? They’re all freezing the pay of some of their workers. It’s part of a growing trend by employers facing the fallout economic and political from a brutal recession. More: continued here

Analyst Actions: Apple, EBay, AflacWSBtv.com, GA –5 hours agoDeutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel notes while eBay (EBAY) beat on EPS, every other metric came in weaker than expected: gross merchandise volume fell 16% … More: continued here

The Eureka Main Post Office, located at 337 W. Clark St., will be closed from Jan. 24 through Feb. 23 for renovations. The U.S. Postal Service is planning a full renovation and update of the entire retail window and post office box lobby More: continued here

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