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A few weeks ago, I had the chance to visit eBay, meet briefly with Oliver Ratzesberger and his team, and then catch up later with Oliver for dinner. I’ve already alluded to those discussions in a couple of posts, specifically on MapReduce (which eBay doesn’t like) and the astonishingly great …

eBay Motors has announced an exclusive agreement with Hollander, a provider of auto recycling and parts yard management to provide access to used parts inventory on eBay Motors. Hollander’s inventory consists of nearly 60 percent of the available used parts market. More than 3,000 auto recyclers will have ability to …

With over 1500 watchers, the n2a Motors 789 re-skinned Corvette auction may supposedly become the most popular eBay Motors auction of all time. Second most popular? The 3M 39008 Headlight restoration… More: continued here

RI food stamp use up 40% since 2006Providence Business News, RIBy Ted Nesi PROVIDENCE – After ranking near the bottom in food stamp enrollment for years, Rhode Island has increased the number of eligible residents signed up for the benefit by more than 40 percent since 2006, the director of the …

Yew must be kidding: Tree the width of Royal Albert Hall goes into the record books More: continued here

PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown St. Louis’ Post Office Plaza closer to completion More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Peter Mandelson warned by Tories against U-turn on Royal Mail sell-offTimes Online, UKThe Tories have issued a stark warning to Lord Mandelson, threatening to withdraw critical support for government plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail if the Business Secretary makes concessions to Labour rebels. Lord Hunt of Wirral, …Royal Mail …

Tomorrow, May 20 at 1 PM Eastern, Search Marketing Now presents: “Local Search Marketing: Local Listings GONE WILD!” with Michael Boland of the Kelsey Group and Bryan Simkins from FedEx. Local listings were once relatively easy—businesses targeted Yellow Pages and classified. More: continued here

Tornado-flattened Nebraska town rebuilds spiritUSA TodaySo are the fire station, the auditorium/community center, two churches, the concrete silos and grain bins of the local co-op and the almost-finished US Post Office. They all had to be replaced because, five years ago on May 22, a tornado nearly scraped … More: …

Powder Causes Scare at Post OfficeReiten Television KXMB Bismarck, NDWorkers at the Post Office found a package leaking a white powder and quarrantined the area surrounding it. They called police who tested the white powder coming from a package mailed from the southeastern part of the US to a Minot address. …