FedEx is taking aim at United Parcel Service for its role in pushing US legislation that would make it easier for express-delivery workers to organise, with a new multimedia campaign that links its arch rival to banks, automakers and other recent recipients of government largesse. More: continued here

The advertising and Web site campaign, BrownBailout.com, counters efforts by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. More: continued here

The Stamps added import receiver Derrick Smith and released import linebacker Kurt Campbell. Import linebacker Robert Killebrew was re-signed. More: continued here

Gordon Brown is hoping to win much-needed friends by postponing plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, according to reports. More: continued here

Talbots Goes From Grief to ReliefMotley FooleBay's (Nasdaq: EBAY) acquisition of Skype sounded exciting, but later turned out to be fairly pointless, too. Way back in 2005, when J. Jill was still a stand-alone company, I considered it a rotten trick, not a treat. Talbots thought otherwise and … More: …

FedEx Corp. (FDX) is launching what it describes as multi-million-dollar campaign to derail proposed federal legislation that would make it easier for the company’s workers to unionize. More: continued here

Beleaguered Brown faces new showdown over Royal Mail plans More: continued here

AuctionBytes Blog paypal Explains Holds on ebay Sellers' AccountsAuctionBytes Blog, MApaypal began instituting two types of holds on ebay sellers' accounts to mitigate risk. One is called a "rolling reserve," the other is a 21-day hold. In the blog post, Clark said it instituted rolling reserves "for a very small percentage …

eBay experienced technical issues for more than 2 hours on Saturday evening. According to a post on its Systems Announcement Board, “Some members may be seeing certain site functions are intermittently not functioning correctly at this time.” More: continued here

FedEx Corp. is set to launch a multimillion dollar marketing campaign on Tuesday against chief rival UPS Inc., arguing the world’s largest shipping carrier is the driving force behind a bill that would make it easier for FedEx workers to unionize. The bill… Sponsored Topics: FedEx – United Parcel Service …