New York Times Andreessen Leaving eBay's Board Ahead of PayPal SpinoffNew York TimesThe resignation comes months after he vocally defended his tenure as an eBay director, when the company faced a noisy proxy challenge by Mr. Icahn, a campaign aimed at forcing the spinoff of PayPal. During his crusade, Mr. …

NEW BEAVER — The U.S. Postal Service is opening a Village Post Office at Ferrante Upholstering, 3384 Route 18, in New Beaver. An open house will take place beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday. More: continued here

Royal Mail Xmas Small Parcel promo starts todayTameBayHowever Royal Mail have also taken the largest dimensions from their previous wide small parcel (Length: 45cm, Width: 35cm, Depth: 8cm) and deep small parcel (Length: 35cm, Width: 25cm, Depth: 16cm) sizes and combined them into one bigger size … More: continued here

NEWS.com.au Georgia Horrocks tries to sell imaginary friend on eBayNEWS.com.auA YOUNG woman is auctioning her imaginary friend on eBay on the advice of her psychiatrist. In the ad, 22-year-old Londoner Georgia Horrocks explains that her invisible buddy, Bernard, manifested “at a time of emotional instability” during her childhood.Someone's selling their …

Marc Andreessen, who has been on the board for six years, will quit eBay. More: continued here

Royal Mail seeks 19000 Christmas tempsThe Northern EchoMost of the roles will be supporting Royal Mail's 124,000 permanent staff who sort and deliver the post. Royal Mail's chief operations officer, Sue Whalley, said: "Christmas is the busiest time of the year for Royal Mail and we plan all year round …

Hongkong Post will issue a set of special stamps and other philatelic products for Christmas on November 4. The third issue of Christmas stamps, following issues in 2002 and 2007, the collection creatively blends scenes of local life into well-known Christmas settings to share festive sentiments. The four distinctive stamps …

Royal Mail will recruit just 19,000 temporary workers this year to handle its busy holiday season, meaning 2,000 fewer people than last year will be around to help organise and post parcels. More: continued here

Letter: Cutting food stamps has consequencesOlean Times HeraldYet he and his Republican colleagues refused to pass such a bill until the Democrats agreed to major cuts to the federal SNAP program (formerly called “food stamps”). Eventually the Democrats caved in to Republican demands in order to help our farmers, … More: …

EBay said venture capitalist Marc Andreesen will quit its board after the online retailer announced last month plans to spin off PayPal. More: continued here