SocketSite First eBay Employee's Home Fetches $16.5 MillionSocketSiteListed for $19.988 million in January, the asking price for the 14,000-square-foot Los Altos Hills home owned by Jeff Skoll, the first employee and former President of eBay, was reduced to $16.75 million in March. And on Monday, the sale of 27040 Old …

Melfort Journal Portion of historic post office leased outMelfort Journal“We knew at the beginning of the Main Street Program that an office would have to be provided,” said Director of Community Services, Teri Scaife. “When the option to locate the Main Street Coordinator in the post office was offered, it …

The Australian Financial Review eBay and Myer launch world-first virtual reality department storeThe Australian Financial ReviewOnline marketplace eBay has partnered with Myer to create what it says is the world's first virtual reality department store. The two companies will unveil the app on Thursday, which works via a smartphone inside …

Lincolnshire Echo Here's what people in Lincoln are buying on eBay – the 5 top selling items revealedLincolnshire EchoIn 2015 a whopping 24,000 fitness DVDs were bought on eBay by people in the city. Five thousand pairs of running leggings were bought and 7,920 pairs of trainers were ordered. Other …

EBay eyes 'huge opportunities' to personalize shopping through artificial intelligenceRetail DiveLAS VEGAS—Cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are the keys to delivering richer, more sophisticated shopping experiences, eBay Chief Product Officer RJ Pittman said during a presentation Tuesday here at the Shoptalk 2016 retail … More: continued here

Liverpool Echo LFC fan's plea to Royal Mail over Europa League final dreamLiverpool EchoA Liverpool FC fan is pleading with Royal Mail to not kill his dream of watching his heroes in the Europa League final. London-based Jon Tugiono was all set to join the legions of Liverpudlians descending on …

Alphr Paperclip is the Welsh startup taking on Amazon, eBay and Gumtree for your unwanted goodsAlphrGiven the existence of eBay, Amazon and Gumtree, though, you'd think it preposterous that anyone would want to go head-to-head with these established giants of commerce. How can anything else possibly beat these industry heavyweights, …

Fox Business Attn Taxpayers: Post Office Workers Paid for Doing NothingFox BusinessEven though the U.S. Post Office has lost more than $50 billion in the last nine years, an odd deal cut between the U.S. Postal Service and its government union has resulted in millions of tax dollars spent on …

Post Office launches electronic notification serviceBDliveTHE South African Post Office on Wednesday launched an electronic system that will result in registered mail notifications being sent to e-mail addresses of the intended recipients. Mark Barnes‚ the CE of the cash-strapped parastatal‚ said the new …and more » More: continued here

Why These Investors' Finds are on the Radar? – eBay, Alibaba, Office Depot, and StaplesPR Newswire (press release)The Specialty Retail segment has seen some ups and downs since the beginning of this year, but several names continue to perform remarkably. ActiveWallSt.com has these four familiar names lined up ahead of …