Last Friday, we FedEx’d the Save Windows XP petition to Steve Ballmer. I have to say that sliding the memory stick into the envelope was an emotional experience: Over 210,000 users have made their voices heard to the world’s largest software corporation. I think there’s still a slim chance that …

ROYALSTON – A resounding town meeting vote Friday night ensures that the town’s tiny post office will stay open after its operator gives up the contract for running the service. More: continued here

Turkish Press eBay fined for selling Louis Vuitton goods onlineTurkish Press, MI –2 hours agoA Paris court on Monday ordered the online auctioneer eBay to pay 40 million euros (63 million dollars) in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling luxury goods … More: continued here

Bonds drop as CPI reaches an all-time-high and makes a rate hike by the ECB almost a done deal. More: continued here

eBay said on Monday it will appeal a ruling by a French court ordering it to pay 38.6 million euros ($60.99 million) in compensation to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of counterfeit goods on its online auction site. More: continued here

Camilla steps in at post officeEastbourne Today, UK –1 hour agoHAMPDEN Park Post Office has been reopened and is being temporarily run by the owner of another post office which closed down in May. … More: continued here

Royal Mail launches helpline to aid DM producersBrand Republic (subscription), UK –3 hours agoby Jacquie Bowser Brand Republic 30-Jun-08, 10:50 LONDON – Royal Mail has launched a helpline for production managers in the direct marketing industry. … More: continued here

Last Friday, we FedEx’d the Save Windows XP petition to Steve Ballmer. More: continued here

South Wales Evening Post MP joins fight on Post Office axe threatBirminghamMail.net, UK –2 hours agoHe was with his councillor colleagues in Acocks Green on Saturday at one of the threatened community post office’s at the corner of Shaftmoor Lane and Olton …VILLAGES FEAR LOSS OF A CORE SERVICESouth Wales Evening Postall …

eBay ordered to pay €38.6m for selling luxury fakesTimes Online, UK –1 hour agoeBay has been ordered to pay €38.6 million compensation to Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), the French luxury goods group, for allowing fake versions of …French court orders eBay to pay 40 mln eur inHemscotteBay fined E40m over fake …