Pranesh Sarkar KOLKATA, June 25: The age-old post offices in your locality might soon turn into full-fledged department stores, where consumer goods would be available, along with postage stamps and brown paper packages. More: continued here

Postage From The EdgeWashington Post, United States –8 minutes agoFor Bhutan, he proposed stamps. He set up the Bhutan Stamp Agency in Nassau, Bahamas, where his elderly parents had moved for medical reasons and where … More: continued here

An Australian man has put his entire life up for auction on eBay, and bidding has already reached $390,000.. More: continued here

Post office closure slammed as 'farcical'Haverhill Echo, UK –4 minutes agoBy Derek Bish by Derek Bish AN MP has slammed Post Office Ltd after it decided to axe one of its Haverhill branches. West Suffolk MP Richard Spring called … More: continued here

Seattle Post Intelligencer Beach woman 'overwhelmed' by bridesmaid bids, attentionThe Virginian-Pilot, VA –6 hours agoKelly Gray, a Virginia Beach bride, is auctioning off a spot in her wedding on eBay to help pay for the cost of the ceremony. (David B. Hollingsworth | The …Va. Beach bride auctioning wedding spotWAVY-TVRole in wedding …

GENEVA (AFP) – The Swiss branch of Amnesty International took credit Wednesday for a short-lived viral campaign on eBay that used mock auction entries to underscore the issue of human trafficking. More: continued here

eBay, that messy superconductor of feverish capitalism, has hit some static. More: continued here

NamPost plans to issue a miniature sheet of three postage stamps with portraits of three famous pre-historic rock paintings from Twyfelfontein to commemorate this famous UNESCO Heritage Site found in the Kunene region. More: continued here

FedEx Corp. said it has opened a new shipping system to move freight between Seattle and Asia. (FDX) More: continued here

A fire official says insulation on a “gigantic” electrical cable caught fire, leading to the evacuation of the historic James A. Farley U.S. Post Office in midtown Manhattan. More: continued here