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eBay Plans Expansion in TexasIT Business Edge (blog)By date: Auction site eBay plans to add 1000 jobs in Austin, Texas, over the next 10 years, reports TV station KXAN. It has 250 employees there now. The story describes the expansion as "an economic development incentive proposal" to be presented to …

The 60 cent stamps were to feature the faces of all Victoria Cross holders. More: continued here

EBAY: MAKING A MOVE, DOWN 1% (EBAY)Zacks.comMar 31, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) Market Surveillance via COMTEX) — eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) is one of today's notable stocks in decline, down 1% to $31.32. The S&P is currently trading fractionally higher to 1328 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading …and more » More: continued …

Alva Post Office holding Passport Fair on SaturdayThe News-PressThe Alva Post Office will be accepting passport applications on Saturday, April 2 at the Alva Post Office, 17301 Broadway Street. The Passport Fair is being held on the weekend to assist people whose hectic schedules make it difficult to complete this …

USPS proposes rules to make it easier to close post officesFederal TimesThe proposed regulations, published in the Federal Register, aim to cut reviews of potential closures to about 4½ months, Dean Granholm, vice president for delivery and post office operations, …Soft Landing For Postmasters?GovExec.com (blog)Post office to streamline process for …

EBay, the online marketplace, released numbers and an infographic on Thursday showing just how popular the iPad 2 had become on its Web site. The company said that 65 percent of iPad 2s sold on eBay were purchased by buyers in the United States. More: continued here

Groupon and LivingSocial, the poster children of local commerce, have done a bang up job of making us believe that the trend is all about offering steep discounts to restaurants, spas or other nearby merchants. More: continued here

In a somewhat uncharacteristic move, online auction giant eBay has released data about two weeks of iPad 2 auctions on its U.S. Web site—and, given that iPad 2′s are still hard to find in stores, it’s not surprising the tablet has been doing brisk business. According to Cnet, roughly 12,000 …

Google, eBay execs make mobile commerce pitchesCNETOr at least that's what it seems based on two short talks at this week's Web 2.0 Expo about the future of commerce, one on Wednesday afternoon from Google vice president of payments Osama Bedier, and one on Thursday morning from eBay vice president …

Apiata doesn't want face on VC post stamps3News NZThe face of the country's only living winner of our highest military award will not feature on a new series of New Zealand Post stamps honouring Victoria Cross winners. Corporal Willie Apiata was apparently uncomfortable being the only living hero on … …