Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown ’s administration today will detail plans for the government stake in Royal Mail Group Plc, the state-owned postal service, as the European Union opens local deliveries to competition. More: continued here

TNT seeks Royal Mail tie-upThomson Merger News (registration), UK –5 hours agoDutch postal carrier TNT confirmed on Tuesday that it is seeking a strategic partnership with the Royal Mail, after the British government revealed that it … More: continued here

The online auction site eBay is planning to build a data center in South Jordan. More: continued here

GRAND RAPIDS — A U.S. Postal Service worker in Berrien County faces a possible prison sentence if convicted of pocketing cash after ringing up bulk stamp sales as single stamps. More: continued here

Monday may have been the busiest day of the year for FedEx, but the company had already made adjustments for a business slowdown because of the nation…. More: continued here

A bored post office worker tried to brighten up her days by stealing Lottery scratchcards. More: continued here

Assistant inspector general of police in charge of training Monday said the police were poised to eliminating gender based discrimination, sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. More: continued here

Bahrain will today issue a set of 11 commemorative stamps to mark National and Accession days. More: continued here

Himalayan climbing history for auction on eBay– for TibetK2climb.net, NY –5 hours agoPutting words where his mouth is; Bob has been collecting some cool pieces of mountain memorabilia, which he now plans to sell to the highest bidder on eBay… More: continued here

ITV.com Foreign investors target Royal MailITV.com, UK –4 minutes agoDutch postal giant TNT has expressed an interest in investing in Royal Mail, it has emerged. The news was announced in the House of Lords after the … More: continued here