L'Oreal takes action against eBayBBC News, UKCosmetics giant L'Oreal is starting proceedings against online auction site eBay at the High Court in the UK for selling fake versions of its products. The French company has now started legal proceedings in five European countries as it looks to … More: continued here

Royal Mail boss complains about potential buyer TNTBrand Republic, UKby Daniel Farey-Jones, Brand Republic 09-Mar-09, 14:15 LONDON – Royal Mail's chief executive has complained to the Government about the business tactics of TNT, the leading contender to buy a stake in the British state-owned postal operator. … More: continued here

STOCKS NEWS US-Markets turn positive, lifted by big-cap techReuters UK, UKO) and online auction site eBay (EBAY.O) as among its top investment picks for the next 10 years. In its latest edition, the financial publication said that Microsoft was trading at appealing levels, and that it was supported by a long-term …

An eBay model for fixing the banks?SmartBrief, DCHaley and Pigott compare their proposed clearinghouse to eBay, pointing out that eBay's primary function is to provide buyers with enough information about an item for them to assign a value to it, thereby making the asset marketable. Forbes (03/09)A Proposal For The National …

AuctionBytes Blog A Closer Look at eBay's New Item PageAuctionBytes Blog, MABy Ina Steiner eBay has been testing a new Item page (also known as View Item page) for over a year, first announcing the new page in June 2008. Stating that the page had suffered from "improvement overload," eBay said …

Economy has more Arizonans turning to food stampsABC15.com (KNXV-TV), AZAnother sign of the crumbling economy, the number of Arizona households receiving federal food stamps is rising quickly. The Phoenix Business Journal is reporting that 26-percent more Arizona residents were on food stamps at the end of last year, … More: continued …

Paypal rival Moneybookers hopes to click with buyersReutersBased in London, Moneybookers competes with online auctioneer eBay's (EBAY.O) Paypal service. It has recently been added as an alternative payment option on eBay. It also vies with money transfer companies including Western Union (WU. …Moneybookers is on saleEcommerce JournalInvestcorp puts Moneybookers up …

Sydney Morning Herald Stamps send a message of action to solve a sticky problemSydney Morning Herald, AustraliaAUSTRALIA POST will join the growing chorus of voices raised on the subject of climate change with the release tomorrow of three stamps commemorating Earth Hour. The specially designed stamps feature an owl, a possum …

Royal Mail in row with potential buyerFinancial Times, UKBy George Parker, Political Editor The boss of Royal Mail has accused TNT, its Dutch-based rival and a front-runner to buy a stake in the British postal operator, of using underhand tactics to poach business ahead of a planned part-privatisation of the … …

Posted by Sam Diaz @ 4:15 amZDNetSwoopo – an online auction site that’s pretty much everything eBay is not – is a place where real, in-the-box, fully warrantied items like laptop computers, video game consoles and other products that otherwise might cost hundreds or thousands of … More: continued here