FedEx Corp. will be one of several U.S. and Chinese companies to participate in a conference on Chinese trade. (FDX) More: continued here

Straits Times eBay net profit down 22 pctThe Australian, AustraliaUS online auction giant eBay reported a 22 per cent drop in quarterly net profit despite improved results from online payment service PayPal and internet communications firm Skype. eBay said net profit fell to $US357.1 million in the quarter while …EBay sales …

DESPITE fire, smoke and water damage, An Post staff have delivered a fully operation post office. More: continued here

A youth with a knife threatens staff during an attempted robbery in a Plympton post office. More: continued here

(NECN: Brockton, Mass.) – The blue collar boxer they called Rocky Marciano has won another title today. The post office in his hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts was dedicated to the ex-heavyweight champion. Marciano retired from boxing April 27, 1956 as the only undefeated heavyweight champion in boxing history. He was …

eBay had planned to retire its old search technology in April, but has extended the deadline to early June. The company said almost all eBay buyers and sellers are now using the new search technology. More: continued here

Postal office policy no help to womanThe Olympian, WAOn April 7 at about 8:40 am I was in line at the Lacey Post Office with about four people ahead of me and a few behind, when a young woman started swaying. The man with her tried to hold her, but she …

In Other News…aircargoworld, DCSingapore Post has left the joint venture Spring Global Mail– formed in 2001 by TNT, Singapore and Britain's Royal Mail. Singapore Post will acquire the Asia-Pacific business of the joint venture. TNT, which has declared an interest in investing in a … More: continued here

French Post Office FD to join merged mutual bankReutersPARIS, April 27 (Reuters) – French Post Office finance director Nicolas Duhamel is due to join the new mutual bank formed from the merger of Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne, said a spokesman for La Poste. "He has confirmed that he'll be …

TNT loses challenge to Royal Mail's VAT-free statusPrintWeek, UKTNT Post UK has lost its legal challenge to Royal Mail's VAT-free status after the European Court of Justice upheld Royal Mail's exemption. TNT had argued that, following the deregulation of the postal market in 2006, Royal Mail should no longer be … …