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eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricingZDNet –15 minutes agoOn Wednesday, eBay announced new fee changes (Techmeme, eBay blog). It is lowering its listing fees for sellers that use the “Buy it Now” fixed price … More: continued here

Boston Globe Spotlight Stocks: eBay, Freddie Mac, Hewlett-Packard, TargetMinyanville.com, New York –2 hours agoeBay (EBAY) is reportedly lowering its fees related to fixed-price items for US sellers to improve the balance between buyers and seller. …SmarTrend® Opening Bell Comments — August 20, 2008Comtex Smartrendall 669 news articles More: continued here

Woman petitions for Saturday post office hours in Bella VistaWeekly Vista, AR –1 hour agoIn a statement released Friday by the congressman's office, Boozman said," I will encourage the post office to provide the highest level of service that …Lake Session Moves To BankThe Morning Newsall 2 news articles More: continued here

DELTA — The Delta Post Office may close if the U.S. Postal Service and the Delta Community Fire Department Board can’t agree on a new contract. More: continued here

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. , the world’s largest online auctioneer, lowered initial fees to list items at fixed prices by as much as 70 percent to compete with other Internet retailers. More: continued here

Ever since the online auction site eBay sprung up 10 years ago as a hub for selling just about everything imaginable, a handful of Americans has tried to sell votes, even though it is illegal. More: continued here

Post office closures deemed 'butchery' by MSPBorder Telegraph, UK –5 hours agoBy Alexa Brown 11 more Post Offices in the Borders could close under new plans unveiled by Royal Mail this week. Under proposals made public yesterday … More: continued here

The move, to take effect in mid-September, is intended to help eBay compete better with online retail rivals such as Amazon.com. More: continued here

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — FedEx Corp. tells its ground-service drivers when to work, what to charge customers and what kind of socks and shoes to wear, the workers say. Drivers who sued the company argue that makes them employees. More: continued here

Grimsby Evening Telegraph PLANS AFOOT TO ABOLISH COUNTY NAMES FOREVERGrimsby Evening Telegraph, UK –4 hours agoEarlier this year, Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart launched his own petition calling on the Royal Mail to remove all references to the counties … More: continued here