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With the holiday season approaching, a warning for anyone looking to do their shopping online. The latest scam tries to trick users with fake eBay listings. More: continued here

Carl Junction in third place in national stamp competition City wJoplin GlobeCarl Junction was in third place Tuesday afternoon, at $25,423.20 in sales of the 60-cent stamps. In first place was the city of Punta Gorda, Florida, population 17,000, with $34,908.60 in stamp sales. In second place was Apopka, Florida, …

FedEx Corp. is forecasting another record holiday. The company expects to move more than 290 million shipments between Black Friday and Christmas Eve, an 8.8 percent increase in overall year-over-year Peak seasonal volume. The season is expected to be bolstered by three volume spikes throughout December, occurring the first three …

eBay and PayPal had been on different growth trajectories for a while, which is why shareholders urged eBay to spin-off PayPal. Last quarter, eBay reported only 6% year-over-year revenue growth for its … More: continued here

Reason (blog) Post Office Tracks Your Mail (Often Without Proper Authorization)Reason (blog)Public DomainThe National Security Agency's (NSA) snoopy ways with our phone calls is headed to no less than three federal appeals courts, but long before mass electronic surveillance was a glimmer in a bureaucratic voyeur's eye, the Post Office …

Frenemies: UPS, FedEx & the Post OfficeYahoo Finance (blog)But even if UPS and FedEx are only slightly reliant – it begs the question – do they have a contingency plan in place if the Postal Service experiences trouble again – not an unlikely scenario given the post office currently owes …

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "PayPal's Future: What Separation from eBay Will Mean" rep More: continued here

ThinkProgress Non-Profits Sue To Block New Mexico Governor From Kicking 80000 People Off …ThinkProgressNew Mexico is one of eight states that plans to implement work requirements for food stamps in the coming fiscal year despite being one of 37 states to qualify for a statewide, yearlong waiver from the work …

How To Optimize Your eBay ListingForbesThe first sale computer programmer Pierre Omidyar made on his site AuctionWeb was for $14.83 in 1995. Why is that significant? Because Omidyar had sold a broken laser pointer to someone who actually collected broken laser pointers. Knowing that he was …Newcomers get access to eBay …

The 10 Most Expensive Halloween Costumes Ever Sold On eBayBusiness InsiderWhen it comes to Halloween costumes, some fans are willing to drop some serious cash to dress like their favorite characters. Some people turn to online marketplaces like eBay to find the perfect getup. Market research company Terapeak has compiled …