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eBay Alternative Wigix Goes LiveECommerce-Guide, United States –3 hours agoBy Michelle Megna A startup online marketplace, Wigix, is going live today with the ambitious goal of taking on eBay by offering a stock-market style method … More: continued here

First doomed post office shutsLancashire Telegraph, UK –2 hours agoBy Telegraph newsdesk THE first post office has closed as part of cutbacks that will see a further 23 axed across East Lancashire. …Post Offices: Who cares about rural poor and elderly?Lynn NewsStick it to 'emTimes 24'Boycott' doomed Post Offices callNorfolk Eastern Daily …

Hindu The 109-year-old Santhome post office.Hindu, India –5 minutes agoCHENNAI: The Santhome post office, more than a hundred years old, will close down on Wednesday to be merged with the Mylapore post office. … More: continued here

Better hurry. Postage stamps are set to increase one cent, but you may be able to beat the price increase by purchasing a “forever stamp.” More: continued here

With a postal rate increase just two weeks away, Americans are buying 30 million Forever stamps a day. The cost of sending a first-class letter will rise a penny to 42 cents on May 12. More: continued here

CNET News.com Start-up hopes to outdo eBay with online marketCNET News.com, CA –3 minutes agoWigix Chief Executive James Chong is nothing if not ambitious: he thinks he's got the recipe for an Internet marketplace that will rival eBay. … More: continued here

The Belgian Post Office recently collaborated with NetApp for its data backup and archival. To manage this data, the post office is switching to a virtual infrastructure developed by NetApp in combination with conventional physical tape. More: continued here

WAILUKU, Maui — The county is abandoning the Old Wailuku Post Office but will be stuck paying about $75,000 a year to lease it for 18 more years, The Maui News reported. More: continued here

Wigix wants to kill eBayVentureBeat, CA –3 minutes agoEver gone to eBay in search of something — an iPod, say — and had to comb through an endless array of half-literate, confusing and possibly inaccurate … More: continued here

Drop box network deal has implications for field service companiesService Management 365, UK –4 hours agoParcelforce Worldwide, part of the Royal Mail Group Ltd, has signed a three year deal with Business Direct for the supply of its ParcelXchange network … More: continued here