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FedEx Cup runner-up Webb Simpson is the latest golfer to say he’s playing in the Franklin Templeton Shootout, from Dec. 7-11 at Tiburon Golf Club at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort. More: continued here

EBay is making the tools it uses everyday for its own marketplace available to other merchants — for free. The platform, called X.commerce, was unveiled yesterday at the company’s developer conference in San Francisco and is designed to help any size retailer, ranging from family-owned stores to Toys R Us, …

The Canadian Football League schedule indicates that the post-season kicks off on Nov. 13 with the East Division semifinal. More: continued here

Billions of dollars in debt and saddled with claims of irrelevancy, the U.S. Postal Service has never struggled more to fulfill its mandate “to bind the nation together. More: continued here

Island Park News Post office cutbacks spell trouble for some East Bay residentsSan Jose Mercury NewsAlthough many deride "snail mail," the Postal Service plays a vital role for Americans on the wrong side of the digital divide who lack access to email and online billing, and who rely on post …

Corey Maita of Gainesville Coins Joins Spectrum Group International's …MarketWatch (press release)Selling primarily on eBay, the company quickly became a power seller ranked in the top one percent of all eBay sellers. From there, Maita and his partners successfully transitioned Gainesville from eBay to their own e-commerce-focused company website …and …

EBay Parties Like It's 1999Wall Street Journal (blog)EBay appears to have gotten some swagger back. That's the impression given by its recent quarterly earnings (with another report due next week) – and that bonkers party it threw Wednesday. The Silicon Valley company this week headed up the … More: continued …

Nik Lewis recuperating in Toronto, will be a game-time decisionCalgary Herald (blog)Lewis's evening will be spend in his room at the Stamps' downtown hotel, drinking fluids and relaxing in a bid to shake an illness that kept him out of practice all week in Calgary. He even gets his own …

Santa Claus, Ind., post office picks its annual cancellation imageEvansville Courier & PressJust like its namesake, Santa Claus, Ind., gets very busy come December, since it is home to the only post office to bear that name. In a typical month, this hamlet of about 2500 residents sees about 13000 …

NYC Council Speaker Wants Food-Stamp Fingerprinting StoppedWall Street Journal (blog)They are the only two places left in the country where applying for food stamps requires getting fingerprinted. NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants Arizona to be the only one, NYT reports. Quinn wants the city to stop fingerprinting …and …