New York Times Stamp price to be 42 centsStaten Island Advance – SILive.com, NY –5 hours agoBut Islanders can avoid paying the extra cent every time they mail letters by stocking up on the Postal Service's Forever stamp at the current 41-cent cost. …Postal Service Again Vexes Penny PinchersNew York Timesall 2 news articles More: continued here
How eBay startedMalaysia Star, Malaysia –2 hours agoIN 1995, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, in an experiment, put a broken laser pointer up for sale online, and to his surprise, found a buyer. … More: continued here
Ex-NYPD Cop Sells Case Notes on eBayFOXNews –5 hours agoBy Susan Edelman NEW YORK — An ex-cop sold his old memo books on eBay, acknowledging that the daily logs may contain "sensitive information" on witnesses … More: continued here
Malaysia Star Wheeling and dealing onlineMalaysia Star, Malaysia –2 hours agoBy ALLAN KOAY A sizeable number of Malaysian eBay vendors are serious traders who find there’s good money to be made in the virtual market. … More: continued here
Mike Downey: “We can show a lot of kids there is hope, there is an opportunity, a chance,” Memphis coach John Calipari said. “No disrespect to where the other schools are from. Memphis is one of those cities that needs something like this.” Skip Myslenski: “Psycho T” doesn’t scare Kansas Rose leads Memphis past UCLA…
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Addie Mellow checks the bulletin board outside the Aromas Post Office every day. “It’s like a Craigslist for the town,” said Mellow, 50. “I get better results off here than the newspapers. I’ve rented property off here, I’ve bought a cat here … More: continued here
DESPERATE home owners are using eBay to sell their multi-million dollar properties and to avoid paying real estate agent’s fees. More: continued here
Pregnant, jobless and faced with rising food costs, Paula Arndt says that food stamps have never seemed so valuable. Her $162 monthly allotment doesn’t stretch very far, especially given the spike in costs at the grocery store. More: continued here
While Yahoo staves off a takeover bid from Microsoft — and Microsoft braces for life after Bill Gates — another high-tech pioneer is at a digital crossroads. As eBay readies for the post-Meg-Whitman era, and new CEO John Donahoe takes over, it faces fierce challenges in a Web 2.0 era defined by armies of agile…