PayPal Processing $10000 in Mobile Payments Per Minute [Infographic]ReadWriteWebPayPal and eBay really want you to know that it is a player in the mobile payments realm. Especially with the holidays coming up and more consumers than ever expected to make purchases from …'Couch Commerce' Lets Holiday Shoppers Buy Gifts via Mobile Phones, Tablets …TMC Netall…
A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. today on a proposal to end some mail processing operations at the U.S. Post Office on Moss Street. More: continued here
Protest Products Occupying eBay Quadruple To 5000+ In Less Than A MonthCNSNews.com (blog)As of early Monday morning, there were more than 5000 items for sale on eBay about the Occupiers – including a $4.99 T-shirt with the slogan “ADVOCATE OF A GREED-FREE AMERICA.” That's more than four times the number of items available on eBay…
Coalition rallies to save downtown Des Moines post office branchDesMoinesRegister.com (blog)The post office branch at Capital Square, 400 Locust St., is scheduled to close on Dec. 26. The Highland Park branch at 100 E. Euclid Ave. closed on Oct. 21. Lower mail volumes and declining revenues at the two branches contributed to the decision to…
Government-owned Japan Post will form a business tie-up with U.S.-based online auction giant eBay to allow Japanese Internet users to more easily sell items overseas, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported in its Monday evening edition. More: continued here
New York Daily News New Census data raise number of poor to 49 millionReutersUnlike the Census Bureau's official poverty measure, which focuses on the food budgets and cash wages of the poor, the new calculation includes government benefits such as food stamps as well as household expenses like taxes, medical costs, …Revised gov't estimates show…
Closing of post offices looms for small townsLe Mars Daily SentinelUnited States Postal Service (USPS) representatives are meeting with citizens in Brunsville, Oyens and Westfield this week to talk about the possibility of closing those post offices. A decision could be made as soon as the end … More: continued here
NEW YORK — The online auction site eBay has learned from experience what kind of excitement a lock of Justin Bieber’s hair can cause. Earlier this year, a bit of Bieber’s famous bangs raised $40,668 for an animal rescue organization in an eBay auction. Such bidding has become increasingly commonplace on eBay, where the stray…
BBC News Royal Mail invests £15m in parcel hubs ahead of festive surgePost and ParcelRoyal Mail is investing £15m extra in tackling this year's festive season surge of mail volumes, as the rise of online shopping is expected to bring record numbers of packages. The UK postal service said it made a “very substantial” financial…
While over the past several years eBay has been appealing to mainstream shoppers who want to “buy it new, buy it now,” auctions are what keep many visitors returning to the site. So glitches like the one impacting eBay bidders that began on Sunday should not be taken lightly. More: continued here