TNT Post loses legal action at the European Court of Justice to remove the UK Royal Mail’s VAT-free status. More: continued here

Advance file photo/Jin LeeIn this file photo, Michele Picchino, right, signs her passport application as Post Office employee Elaine Callari looks on during a passport fair in 2007 at the Manor Road Post Office…. More: continued here

The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce is organizing a petition drive to save the downtown post office. More: continued here

Free Webinar to Show Business Owners Smart Ways to Lower Mailing Costs More: continued here

Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday that the universal postal service provided by Royal Mail should be exempted from VAT, following a complaint from Dutch international mail group TNT . More: continued here

Division III coach apologizes for barring reporterThe Associated PressLeipold blistered a student editor with an expletive-laced rant after an editorial in the Royal Purple. The article, "Spoiled athletes need reality check," discussed a campus incident in which a police officer was called to the weight room after three …Leipold offers …

Bernie Madoff's Mets tickets sold for a bargainWalletPop, VAThe two seats in the Delta Club Gold section behind home plate sold for $38100 Tuesday on eBay, well below the list price of about $56000." The sale was conducted by the bankruptcy trustee charged with liquidating Bernie L. Madoff Investment Securities … …

April 23 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. and EBay Inc. topped analysts’ sales and profit estimates last quarter, a sign that customer spending may have stabilized. More: continued here

Convenient Store Employees Arrested for Food Stamp FraudWPTV, FLBELLE GLADE, FL, — Gassan Ali, 35, of Belle Glade , and Imad Ali, 27, of Royal Palm Beach, were both charged with organized fraud, grand theft, and food stamp fraud. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement along with the Palm Beach County …

Whitewater coach apologizes for actionsChicago Tribune, United StatesHe also said anyone affiliated with the student-run newspaper would not be allowed to call anyone with the football team without approval and that student reporters questions would go unanswered in the 2009 season, according to the Royal Purple story. …Leipold offers apology to …