eBay Australia is offering a 5-day seller promotion with free insertion fees for fixed priced listings, excluding Store inventory format. From December 9 – 13, 2008, sellers who have registered on any eBay site with an Australian registered address will pay no listing fees for fixed price item listed on …

Shares of the package carrier fall nearly 8%. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail delivers letter 89 years lateTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –3 hours agoAn RSVP to a Boxing Day party has been delivered by Royal Mail 89 years after it was posted. By Richard Savill Janet Barrett was confused when the item, … More: continued here

Never has one blank Christmas card said so much. Actually, make that 1,500 blank Christmas cards — complete with envelopes and stamps, hand-delivered to residents of three city homeless shelters. More: continued here

Postal Worker Stabbed During Possible Robbery AttemptMyFox Washington DC, DC –27 minutes agoAccording to authorities, the victim has been employed with the US Post Office for almost two years, but her name has not yet been released. … More: continued here

If you’ve spent many a spare moment trawling around eBay, looking for that one rare gadget, replacement part, or other item that hardly ever seems to show up, Stuff Alert might set your do-want-ing… More: continued here

Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s biggest bank, announced Monday that it will be issuing $2-billion of common shares to boost its capital levels. RBC’s Tier 1 capital ratio was 9 per cent on the final day of October, when its fiscal year ended. More: continued here

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) — FedEx Corp. , the second-biggest U.S. package-shipping company, revised its fiscal 2009 earnings forecast to no more than $4.75 a share from as much as $5.25, blaming the “significantly weaker” economy. More: continued here

More People Seeking Food StampsWHQR Public Radio, NC –7 minutes agoWILMINGTON, NC (2008-12-08) Nearly 32 million Americans are turning to food stamps to feed themselves and their families. And New Hanover County's … More: continued here

FedEx Corp. is cutting its forecast for fiscal 2009 earnings as the slumping economy cuts into package deliveries. FedEx said Monday it expects to earn $3.50 to $4.75 per share, down from its previous estimate of $4.75 to $5.25 per share. More: continued here