Royal Mail don't need to scrap bicyclesMirror.co.uk, UKThat's the slogan of Royal Mail bosses, who want to scrap bicycles in favour of shared vans. At present, bikes are used on a quarter of the country's 65000 delivery routes, and the pedalling postie is part of the British way of life. … …

Adam Lambert is crushing fellow “American Idol” finalist Kris Allen in memorabilia being sold on eBay. More: continued here

ROYAL MAIL doubled its profits to £321m despite a huge fall in the number of letters being posted, new figures showed yesterday. More: continued here

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development Board has offered incentives to Verisys Corp. and eBay Inc. in an attempt to… More: continued here

Bristol couple say BNP leaflet 'offensive'Bristol Evening Post, UKHe says he couldn't believe the leaflet had been delivered to his home in Thornbury by the Royal Mail. He said: "It's the sort of thing you would expect to be delivered by a BNP supporter or councillor, but not the Royal Mail. …

PARIS ‘” A French court on Wednesday rejected a claim from the cosmetics company L’Oreal that the online auctioneer eBay was profiting from sales of counterfeit perfumes. The court said that eBay was making a reasonable effort to keep fake goods off its site. More: continued here

Royal Mail reported annual profits doubled to £321m yesterday, providing grist to the mill of opponents to the Government’s plan to part-privatise the group. More: continued here

A spoof Amazon Kindle made out of wood has been put up for sale on the online auction house eBay. More: continued here

In April, back when Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai and Matt Giraud were still in the running (remember them?), and before Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey were booted, we took our annual look at the traffic in American Idol-related merchandise on eBay. More: continued here

EBay wins French court ruling in L'Oreal counterfeit caseMarketWatchBy Dan Gallagher, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — EBay Inc. said Wednesday that it has won a ruling in a French court over a lawsuit brought by L'Oreal regarding the sale of counterfeit products over the company's online auction site. … More: …