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eBay’s Green Team is launching a six-week “re+purpose campaign” to inspire people to make more sustainable shopping choices and increase awareness that “the greenest products are often ones that already exist, whether vintage, used, or repurposed.” More: continued here

eBay turned off the “listing rank” feature in the new Search Visibility tool (available from the Seller Dashboard) due to a glitch. In some cases, the listing rank feature is incorrectly reporting the page and position in search results where sellers’ listings appear. More: continued here

WARREN – As of 4:30 p.m. today, fire crews extinguished the blaze at the Warren Post Office. The department was called out about 3:30 p.m. to reports of smoke billowing from the roof of the High Street N.E. building. The fire department is investigating. Check back with the Tribune Chronicle …

guardian.co.uk Royal Mail faces prolonged agonyFinancial TimesThe Communication Workers Union wants to protect jobs, pay and working conditions, but its action may accelerate Royal Mail's decline. …John Lewis sidelines Royal MailBBC NewsHouse of Fraser drops Royal MailMarketingNational postal strike 'would deliver £1.5billion blow to struggling economy'Daily MailSupply Management –Oxford Mail –Telegraph.co.ukall 808 …

The Royal Mail will announce a series of strike dates later that are expected to cripple postal services across the country. More: continued here

Seven months ago, then-Ohio University senior Jason Reynard was in the midst of selling his soul on eBay in order to fund the filming of a documentary searching for the American Dream. Today, Reynard has yet to actually sell his soul and is still looking for the American Dream himself. …

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer gaffneyledger.com The clock is ticking on the five contractors who are still in the running to renovate the former downtown post office building. It was announced in August that SYS Contractors, Sossamon Construction, M.B. Kahn/Argo Division, Hoke Enterprises and Triangle Construction cleared the pre-qualification …

John Lewis says it is working with other carriers in order to avoid disruption to its online deliveries from any Royal Mail strike. More: continued here

Royal Mail's rivals in demand before strikeFinancial TimesCompanies are scrambling to find other operators to deliver their mail after the postal executive of the …and more » More: continued here

US focuses on Taliban's border 'post office'Financial TimesAs President Barack Obama reconsiders his strategy for the war in Afghanistan, the US military is closely watching the Pakistani city of Quetta from where … More: continued here