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TheStreet.com Local post offices safe from cuts, officials sayDaily CometBy Nate Monroe The US Postal Service's decision this week to delay closing any more post offices and mail-processing centers until mid-May did not come soon enough to save a 100-year old site in Kraemer, a small north-Lafourche community nestled …Postal-facility …

BBC News London 2012: Sprinter James Ellington's eBay auction endsBBC NewsAn eBay auction to sponsor an athlete from south-east London for the 2012 Olympics has expired. James Ellington, 26, from Lewisham, advertised on the site with a reserve of £30000 for which he will wear a sponsor's branded kit at …

USA Today Fewer holiday cards make their way via snail mailUSA TodayPeople wait for mail services at a post office in New York City. The postal service expects to handle about 1 billion fewer holiday cards, letters and packages this year, compared to last year. People wait for mail services …

EBay will give consumers an incentive to shop in stores after Amazon.com came under fire last week for offering shoppers a discount to do the opposite. More: continued here

expressandstar.com Royal Mail chiefs hire criminals for festive post workEdinburgh Evening NewsRoyal Mail today said all of the 600 temporary staff hired were “closely supervised” during shifts, and the six workers – some of whom are thought to have convictions for theft – were let go as soon as Disclosure …

LBReport.com Local Officials, Consumers, Union Reps Oppose Postal Service Proposal To Close …LBReport.com17, 2011, 7:05 am) — Local officials, consumers and postal union representatives spoke in opposition to a US Postal Service proposal to close its 2300 Redondo Ave. processing facility (also known as the "Steve Horn Post Office") at …

Boring BlackBerrys losing charisma with US consumersgulfnews.comSan Francisco/New York: To understand what ails BlackBerry maker Research In Motion in the US market, just ask eBay Chief Executive John Donahoe. The world's biggest online auction site had about a hundred engineers developing new iterations of eBay's…and more » More: continued here

AuctionBytes Blog (blog) eBay Favors Big-Box Retailers in Holiday PromotionsAuctionBytes Blog (blog)Last year, sellers raised their eyebrows when eBay helped marketplace visitors find items in-stock at local brick-and-mortar chain stores. Now the online marketplace is running a holiday rewards program in partnership with ToysRUs, Dick's Sporting … More: continued here

Temporary Royal Mail staff are to be given vouchers to exchange for cash after a blunder saw them go without pay for more than a fortnight. More: continued here

Postal-facility closures delayed until MayUSA TodayMany Democrats have railed against key elements of the post–office plan, saying that closing rural post offices would be devastating for those small communities. And lawmakers in both parties have been working on an overhaul that would make the Postal … More: continued here