July 1 (Bloomberg) — Most U.S. stocks dropped for a fourth day as concern that rising energy costs will damp the outlook for corporate profits outweighed a better-than-forecast sales report from General Motors Corp. More: continued here

Ahhh, the king of online shopping — or maybe the Mecca of Internet auctioning — is eBay (EBAY: sentiment, chart, options) …( Read More ) More: continued here

Hong Kong issues special panda stamps for relief in quake-hit SichuanXinhua, China –4 hours agoHONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) — Hongkong Post issued a set of special stamps of the giant pandas here Tuesday to raise fund for relief efforts in rebuilding … More: continued here

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Postal workers were shocked to hear this week that Simon Furze, a well known and highly effective CWU union rep at Royal Mail’s Leicester North delivery office, has been sacked. More: continued here

EBay braced for copycat lawsuits over fakesTimes Online, UK –7 minutes agoA leading American intellectual property lawyer predicted yesterday that a ruling against eBay this week would unleash similar lawsuits to block the sale of … More: continued here

Man sells life on eBayKUTV, UT –5 hours agoIan Usher, 44, put his house, car and other personal items on eBay as a way of moving on after splitting with his wife. Usher's package also included his … More: continued here

PARIS (Reuters) – A French court ordered eBay Inc to pay 38.6 million euros ($61 million) to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of fake merchandise, in a ruling immediately appealed by the online auction website. More: continued here

Gregoire announces new funding for food banks and food stampseGov monitor, UK –4 hours agoGregoire also noted unprecedented new funding in food stamp support programs, including $1 million in state funds and $15.5 million in federal funds. … More: continued here