Royal Mail Ship St Helena – saying farewell to the beating heart of a communityMirror.co.ukWhy would I take three weeks out of my life – a week to get there, eight days on a speck of rock in the South Atlantic, and a week to get home? I wasn't even …

In internet startup terms eBay is practically historic. Founded in 1995, it is one of the few success stories from the original dot-com boom. Matthew Sparkes takes a look at the company's history as it celebrates its 15th birthday in the UK More: continued here

Fox News Food stamp fraud rampant: GAO reportFox NewsAmericans receiving food stamps were caught selling and bartering their benefits online for art, housing and cash, according to a new federal report that investigates fraud in the nation's largest nutrition support program. Complicating the situation …Golden Hammer: Food stamps sold online …

Smith Post Office window hours reducingReno Gazette JournalLynn Holmes, manager of postal operations for Northern Nevada, said it is currently looking at Smith Post Office hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, to take effect in October, but that wasn't set in stone and one resident near …

The Guardian eBay UK at 15: the site that changed the way we shopThe GuardianThis week eBay celebrated its 15th birthday in the UK. We've certainly come a long way since we launched in 1999. The first item sold on eBay.co.uk was a three track CD from German rock outfit, …

Hudson River School stamps released this weekPoughkeepsie JournalHudson River School artists are celebrated in a new series of postage stamps released this week by the United States Postal Service. The four stamps were released Thursday. Each features a painting by Hudson River School artists Thomas Cole, Frederic E.US Postal Service …

Entrepreneur (blog) Former PayPal Exec Offers Up a Solution to the PayPal-eBay Split TalkEntrepreneur (blog)Ebay stock was on the rise yesterday following a report from subscription site The Information that the ecommerce company has been considering spinning off PayPal as the search for former President David Marcus' replacement gets underway. …

Postal department to release postage stamps on music maestrosTimes of IndiaALLAHABAD: Yesteryears' classical music maestros, who gave new dimensions to Indian music would now hog the limelight through postage stamps. For collector's delight, the postal department has decided to release stamps of eight legendary vocalists … More: continued here

Bidness Etc (blog) Should eBay Spinoff PayPal?Bidness Etc (blog)The hyped matter of eBay Inc.'s (EBAY) spinning off its payment arm PayPal has struck up lot of discussion lately. Under pressure from investors, the tech giant is evaluating and assessing the decision to spinoff PayPal. Below, we explore the $40 … …

Former PayPal Exec: eBay Should Just Rebrand As PayPalBusiness InsiderRight now, he says, it feels like a subsidiary of eBay and people still think of it that way internally. He went as far as to say that employees "still think of themselves as hostage to the eBay marketplace, which is …