SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Ecommerce giant eBay Inc. (EBAY) is preparing to cut a small number of employees as part of recently announced changes to streamline and simplify its management structure. More: continued here

Royal Mail will suffer long term damage if the planned national postal strike goes ahead, Gordon Brown has warned. More: continued here

With Bill Davies booted, other bidders are being considered Chicago’s old post office seems to have become a magnet for colorful characters. More: continued here

EBay Inc. expects to lay off several dozen workers as part of an internal restructuring plan. More: continued here

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UK PM Brown: Banks Must Fulfill Lending PromisesWall Street JournalBrown also criticized the threatened strike by workers at the state-owned Royal Mail postal company. Brown said ministers were working to bring management …and more » More: continued here

MetaPack provides carrier contingency for John Lewis during the Royal Mail StrikeEconsultancy (press release)If Royal Mail is striking we won't put any parcels through them. But if not and we have total confidence in them, we will do as per our normal strategy. … More: continued here

guardian.co.uk Exclusive: Skype Founders Keep on Punching–File Injunction Against Volpi and IndexAll Things Digital (blog)The move is yet another legal attack from the founders of Skype, who were on the losing side of the $2 billion deal to buy Skype from ebay (EBAY). …kazaa, Skype, Joost Founders Now Building A …