In one of the cases, eBay will agree to pay California $3.75 million. More: continued here

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Stamps.com  stock is plummeting Thursday after the postage retailer missed expectations for its first-quarter earnings and revenue.  By late afternoon, shares had tumbled 16.4% to $29.01. Net income of 50 cents a share fell short of estimates by 4 cents, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Revenue …

The U.S. Postal Service has finalized its decision to close and sell its main post office building at 424 S. Kansas Ave. in downtown Topeka. More: continued here

CNBC.com Ebay agrees to settle DOJ case on poachingCNBC.comThe online auction company eBay has settled a lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department by agreeing to refrain from making deals with other technology companies to not poach employees, according to court papers filed on Thursday. In the lawsuit, which …EBay Agrees …

Royal Mail sale a '£1bn rip-off' for taxpayersHerald ScotlandSTANDARD Life, billionaire George Soros and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority were among the 16 investors given preferential treatment in the controversial Royal Mail privatisation, the Coalition has revealed, as Labour accused it of a £1 billion … More: continued here

ATLANTA (AP) — Investigators may never know what motivated a FedEx employee to shoot six co-workers at a suburban Atlanta sorting center before fatally shooting himself, a police spokesman said Thursday. More: continued here

Pensions & Investments Royal Mail Group reports highest funded pension plan of FTSE 100 companiesPensions & InvestmentsThe Royal Mail Group, London, had the best-funded pension fund of all FTSE 100 companies as of Dec. 31, at 133%, according to research by JLT Employee Benefits. The consultant analyzed the funding position …

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The online commerce company eBay Inc has agreed to refrain from making deals with other technology companies to not poach each others' employees and by doing so limit workers' access to better jobs, U.S. authorities said on Thursday. EBay had been accused by the …

Morning papers: MPs slam adviser over £8m Royal Mail profitFT AdviserThe investment arm of the government's independent adviser on the privatisation of Royal Mail made an £8m profit selling shares in the company during the first week of trading, the Financial Times revealed. Lazard's bankers faced criticism from MPs … …

US settles with eBay over pact to not poach employeesChicago TribuneThe online auction company eBay Inc has settled a lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department by agreeing to refrain from making deals with other technology companies to not poach employees, according to court papers filed on Thursday. In the lawsuit …