Country Life Award for new post officeCountry Life, UK –5 hours agoA farming couple have won an award for opening a new village post office when hundreds of others were being closed. Chris and Tania Butler came first in …Buildings award for coupleFarmers GuardianKirkharle barn get stop conversion awardHexham Courantall 3 news …

Silicon Alley Insider Report: eBay CEO flirting with bid to become Calif. governorUSA Today –1 hour agoMeg Whitman, eBay's outgoing chief executive, is eying a run for governor of California, the Los Angeles Times reports. The paper quotes three anonymous GOP …EBay's retiring chief may run for California governorLos Angeles TimesEBay …

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) – Deutsche Post AG chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel wants to dispose the company’s loss-making US parcel and express business and sell it to its rival Fedex Corp, Financial Times Deutschland said, citing unnamed sources. More: continued here

Frederick W. Smith, chairman, president and CEO of FedEx, acquired 400,000 shares of the company’s common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. (FDX) More: continued here

THE PERFECT STORE Inside eBayNew York Times Blogs, NY –31 minutes agoThis suspenseful moment comes in Paragraph 1, Chapter 10 of ''The Perfect Store: Inside eBay,'' Adam Cohen's new book about the most successful company in … More: continued here

A SIX year jail sentence was imposed at Shrewsbury Crown Court today (Friday) on a 29-year-old man who carried out a masked armed robbery on Loppington Post Office. More: continued here

More than 1,600 Heath Ledger-related items were for sale on eBay just two days after the Australian actor died unexpectedly in New York, it was reported. Memorabilia ranging from autographed pictures and posters to Heath Ledger R.I.P. wristbands were up for bid on the Internet auction Web site Thursday, the …

FedEx reportedly is in talks to buy all or part of Deutsche Post’s DHL delivery business in the U.S. in a deal that would help it challenge larger rival UPS. More: continued here

Going, Going, Gone: Meg Whitman Leaves eBayNew York Times Blogs, NY –1 hour agoBy Adam Cohen Meg Whitman, the long-serving CEO of eBay, stepped down this week. It is the end of an era for eBay, and something of a nostalgic moment for … More: continued here

Meg Whitman, eBay’s CEO, may be considering a run for governor of California after she steps down from her current job, sources told the Los Angeles Times.Whitman has been sounding out Republican leaders about running in 2010 when Arnold Schwarzenegger’s final term in Sacramento expires, the Times reported Friday.Whitman has …