Sales aren’t what they once were for Peter Vasilev, owner of a consignment store that specializes in auctioning items on eBay. More customers are coming in with cast-offs rummaged from their closets and garages. Now, with the economy slumping, their items are… More: continued here

Analyst Actions: Google, eBay, Cell GenesysBusinessWeek –6 minutes agoJPMorgan analyst Imran Khan believes that eBay's (EBAY) biggest challenge is an inferior technology platform, which makes it difficult for the company to … More: continued here

Samantha Bomkamp September 18, 2008 – 12:00 a.m. NEW YORK (AP) – FedEx Corp. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 22 percent, but still met Wall Street’s expectations, as cost cuts partially offset the impact of slowing global growth. More: continued here

ATO eyes eBay tradersThe Age, Australia –3 hours agoThe Australian Tax Office is conducting a sting on unscrupulous eBay users who attempt to avoid paying tax on income earned through the site. …Tax Office reaps rewards from Austrac data miningAustralian ITall 5 news articles More: continued here

Crewe mail workers at Downing Streetic CheshireOnline, UK –3 hours agoby Belinda Ryan, Crewe Chronicle CREWE Royal Mail workers are at Downing Street today to hand in a petition to protest against the closure of the town’s … More: continued here

Even eBay suffering in this economySan Francisco Chronicle,  USA –2 hours ago(10-16) 18:35 PDT — Sales aren't what they once were for Peter Vasilev, owner of a consignment store that specializes in auctioning items on eBay. … More: continued here

LIVENEWS.com.au Obama Bucks Food Stamps: Diane FedeleRight Pundits, CA –4 hours agoBy MCCAIN Here are Barack Obama Bucks in which the Democrat candidate for president is depicted on a $10 food stamp issued by the Chaffey Community …Obama photo in GOP club newsletter sparks outrageLos Angeles TimesGOP mailing depicts Obama on food …

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — Taisei Corp. , Japan’s fifth largest contractor, won an order from Japan Post Group to redevelop the former main post office next to Tokyo Station. More: continued here

Chester Post Office robber jailed for six yearsChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK –5 hours agoA CHESTER man who held a knife to throat of a shop assistant, robbed a Post Office at knifepoint and threatened to stab staff at a building society was … More: continued here

BBC News Let's Rename eBayMotley Fool –5 hours agoThings weren't so hot at eBay.com itself, where gross merchandise volume being exchanged shrank by 1% over last year's showing. eBay's marketplace business …EBay sees a slowdown despite profitMarketWatchEBay swings to $492M Q3 profitBizjournals.comEBay Extends Decline in German Trading After Cutting ForecastBloombergBBC News – …