BusinessTech Will eBay Face Heat From Alibaba?ForbeseBay has long dominated the U.S. online marketplace business. But with Alibaba's recent successful IPO, will the e-commerce giant feel the competitive pressure? There are clear indications that Alibaba, which once shied away from competing against eBay …Alibaba delivers magical debutInvestors ChronicleJack Ma Picked an …

eBay is being put under intense pressure by leading security researchers to take action over the dangerous listings that are tricking customers into giving away their personal data. The vulnerability relates to user's ability to insert custom JavaScript and Flash content into their listing pages, which significantly raises the likelihood …

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Auditors say employees at an Iowa post office are working more than twice the Postal Service's national goal. More: continued here

Mail competition inquiry launched following Royal Mail callsMotor Transport (blog)An inquiry into competition in the UK postal sector has been launched, after calls from Royal Mail to protect it from last mile delivery competition earlier this year. The Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) committee yesterday said the inquiry would …and …

Irish Independent Three held hostage in Dublin post office raid; search for two men under wayRTE.ieA search is under way for two men following a kidnapping at a post office in Dublin overnight. Three armed and masked men forced their way into a home in Malahide and took three women …

CITY A.M. The FTSE 100′s Hottest Growth Stocks: Royal Mail PLCThe Motley Fool UKThe news has obviously come as concern to Royal Mail, whose GLS courier network straddles 37 countries across the length and breadth of the continent. In July's financial statement the company advised both volumes and turnover at …

UK Mail Group PLC (LON: UKM) is falling today, here's why. More: continued here

Post office made excessive use of overtime amid staffing shortageWashington Post (blog)An Iowa post office racked up more than twice the U.S. Postal Service's goal for overtime hours and paid out nearly three times the agency's national average for overtime grievances last year due to staffing shortages, according to a …