A court-appointed official has awarded about 200 California drivers for FedEx Corp $14.4 million in a dispute over whether the package delivery company illegally classified them as independent contractors instead of employees, the Los Angeles Times reported. More: continued here

Times Online UPDATE 1-EBay to ban sale of ivory productsReuters –29 minutes agoBy Alexandria Sage SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – EBay Inc (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) will institute a global ban on the sale of all …eBay bans ivory salesChristian Science MonitoreBay ivory ban is good news for …

Residents' fury as postbox removed to make way for drivewayEnfield & Haringey Independent, UK –4 hours agoA box on the corner of Edenbridge Road has not been replaced despite a promise from Royal Mail that it would be replaced "a week or so" after it was removed … More: continued here

A suspicious powder discovered on a loading dock of the U.S. Post Office here this morning forced the building’s closure before investigators identified the substance as a chemical used in fire extinguishers. More: continued here

The post office lost over 20 pieces of mail that I delivered (with postage) to the inside drop of the downtown office on and around Sept. 20-23. As a result, my payments to my banks, my mortgage payments and my credit cards all were never received. More: continued here

BusinessWeek The Growing Frustration of eBay SellersBusinessWeek –3 hours agoChanges at eBay, especially its new ratings feedback policy, have many longtime sellers angry. Some are even leaving for upstart sites like Shopify By Karen … More: continued here

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — EBay is to ban the sale of ivory products to help protect African and Asian elephants, the company said Monday. More: continued here

EBay Inc will institute a global ban on the sale of all ivory products via its online auction site by January 1, after a conservation group found over 4,000 illegal elephant ivory listings by sellers. More: continued here

Chuck ‘Stamps’ MillsPeace fm Online, Ghana –4 hours agoThe founder and leader of the United Renaissance Party (URP), Mr. Charles Kofi Wayo, has given a stamp of approval to the standard bearer of the National … More: continued here

EBay announced a ban on all ivory sales as a conservation group released a report on Tuesday accusing the Internet auction house of contributing to the trade in endangered wildlife products. More: continued here