Prime Minister Gordon Brown risked a confrontation with unions and supporters on Thursday with a plan that could lead to the sale of 30 percent of Royal Mail. More: continued here

Partial privatization of Royal Mail proposedInternational Herald Tribune, FranceBy Simon Marks Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain announced legislation Thursday to put up to 30 percent of the Royal Mail in the hands of investors, part of a plan to raise capital to modernize the government-owned postal service. … More: continued …

The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Ever lose your child's blankie? Ebay has a black market for themThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com, NJI never did make anything to insure it's safety, just was hyper neurotic about it. Well, have no worries parents, lose your child's favorite blankie? Just pop on over to ebay where …

Union threatens to cut its aid to Labour over Royal Mail rowTimes Online, UKThe Labour Party will lose the support of the postal workers’ union in the forthcoming European elections if it fails to back down over the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail. Gordon Brown, who is already preparing for defeat …

BOSTON – Welfare officials say the demand for food stamps in Massachusetts jumped 20 percent last year, straining the system and trying the patience of some residents applying… More: continued here

EBay Inc. and online trade groups are bracing for a fight over three bills that lawmakers plan to introduce aimed at stemming sales of stolen goods on the Internet. More: continued here

If you listened to the questions posed by sellers at eBay’s Town Hall meeting yesterday, you would probably conclude that sellers are unhappy with the DSR (Detailed Seller Ratings) feedback system. eBay said it would be making some changes to give sellers more visibility into DSRs and would announce additional …

St. Louis Post-Dispatch More Missourians than ever seeking food stampsdigitalBURG.com, MOST. LOUIS (AP)–New numbers out this week on the social needs of Missourians paint a bleak picture of a state hurting from the national economic downturn. A monthly report from the Department of Social Services says that nearly 1 million …More …

eBay.com Checks Out Paymate, New Online Payment Option Now Active …PR Web (press release), WA(PRWEB) February 26, 2009 — Paymate, a full-service provider of Internet payment solutions, announced today that its new online payment service is available in the United States and that Paymate has been selected by eBay.com as one …

Royal Mail'will never be all private'Public Service, UKPart of Royal Mail will always remain in public hands (unless and until legislation is introduced to change this), the Business Secretary said when announcing to sell off 30 per cent of the organisation to a private company (described by the government … More: …