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Are you familiar with Freecycle? Think of Kashless as a step up. Unfortunately, this isn’t a nationwide project yet. More: continued here

Mercent, the first company to use eBay’s new Large Merchant Services, is now an approved member of the eBay Certified Provider Program. The company also announced the launch of a new eBay storefront for online retailer Altrec.com using Mercent Retail, the company’s hosted online marketing software. More: continued here

Virtues and vices of populismDallas Morning News, TXLast night I had my ear bent by someone boasting about that eBay purchased jacket she were wearing. This from someone who makes six figures (still) Whereas I thought her purchase was a good one, I failed to mention that for 4 years I …

Facing dire financial conditions, postal officials are turning to Congress for help. Postmaster General John Potter and other top agency officials were facing the House Oversight subcommittee on the federal workforce and post office Wednesday. More: continued here

FedEx Corp will cancel an order to buy 15 Boeing Co jets, as well as an option for a further 15 planes, if Congress passes legislation that makes it easier for FedEx workers to organize under labor unions. More: continued here

The post office is facing a severe financial crisis that will not ease any time soon, Postmaster General John Potter told a House subcommittee Wednesday. More: continued here

Convenience Store Clerk Pleads Guilty To Food Stamp FraudTampa Tribune, FLBy YOLANDA FERNANDEZ | News Channel 8 A Clearwater convenience store clerk pleaded guilty today to charges he bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of food stamps from customers at a discount. So far, 27 of his former customers also have …

Vandals attacked the home of the former head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, smashing windows early Wednesday at the house of the ex-CEO who resigned in disgrace but with an annual pension of about 700,000 pounds ($1.2 million). Three windows were smashed at… More: continued here

Financially strapped post office asking for helpThe Associated PressHe said the post office is "facing losses of historic proportion. Our situation is critical." The post office was $2.8 billion in the red last year and is facing even larger losses this year due to the sharp decline in mail volume …

Prince Charles' eBay lettersMonsters and Critics.comThe six letters – which Charles was believed to have written to Janet Jenkins, a receptionist in the British consulate in Montreal in the late 70s – were originally bought last week but the buyer failed to pay so they are now on sale on …