BusinessWeek If the eBay auction is dying, why does haggling thrive?Dallas Morning News, TX –1 hour agoAn interesting story in BusinessWeek notes the declining number of auctions on eBay and hypothesizes that people have decided they prefer the speed and ease …Auctions on eBay: A Dying BreedBusinessWeekWill changes at eBay hurt the …

Time left: Clock running out on eBay's auctionsUSA Today –4 hours agoPeople didn't simply shop on eBay. They hunted, they fought, they sweated, they won. These days, consumers are less enamored of the hassle of auctions, …The eBay"fad" is wearing offCNET Newsall 2 news articles More: continued here

Demand spikes at pet food pantries as downturn hurts petsKansas City Star, MO –2 minutes agoHer greatest fear: that she could be forced to surrender the animals as she struggled to stretch her food stamps and Social Security income to meet the cost … More: continued here

Qld police net eBay fraudstersSydney Morning Herald, Australia –1 hour agoQueensland police say they have tracked down 23 repeat offenders responsible for about half the state's reported fraud complaints from eBay online auction … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk AXE FINALLY FALLS ON POST OFFICE BRANCHESBanbridge Leader, UK –17 hours ago"I would take this opportunity to call upon Royal Mail to do the decent thing but, more importantly, the right thing and consult further, for longer and …Post Office closures will affect over 300000 in one county aloneTelegraph.co.ukPost office closures …

Canada.com Wal-Mart enters online classified advertisingBusinessWeek –4 hours agoOodle was founded by a group of former executives of eBay and Excite, where Donato was in charge of searches and communities. Last year, eBay introduced its …Wal-Mart’s Empire Expands, AgainWall Street Journal BlogsWal-Mart Begins Offering Classified Ads Through Its Web SiteCNNMoney.comWalmart.com launches …

BBC News Music firm 'goblins' in copyright warBBC News, UK –3 hours agoAlthough the outcome will apply only to US law, the case is being watched keenly in the UK, where record shop owners and eBay traders report similar …Wolfgang's Vault Opens For DownloadingBillboardall 4 news articles More: continued here

Post Office protestsFT Adviser, UK –2 hours agoThe Post Office has condemned providers who do not pass Bank of England base interest rate rises on to customer savings accounts. The Post Office has …Savers are missing out on roughly £8bn every yearFinance MarketsHey, big saver … rates keep on risingLiverpool Daily PostProviders …

JEZ DAVISON ponders “fat cats” furynebusiness.co.uk, UK –17 hours agoThe Royal Mail chief received more than £3m in pay, pensions and incentives in the last financial year, despite overseeing the closure of 2500 post offices … More: continued here

EBay Inc. has added “Free Shipping” functionality to its automated Shipping Calculator tool for sellers. Previously, sellers could offer “Free Shipping” only with flat rate shipping. More: continued here