Beverage makers are doing it. So are airlines. With the U.S. economy waning and its outlook for recovery uncertain, the shipping industry, too, is eyeing overseas growth opportunities to offset tough times at home. But while bellwethers like UPS Inc. and… More: continued here

NY1 NYC bust nets counterfeit cigarettes, $6 million in fake tax stampsPoughkeepsie Journal, NY –6 hours agoAP NEW YORK — Undercover agents investigating New York’s booming black market in smuggled cigarettes have seized more than 2 million counterfeit tax stamps…Police Bust Queens Counterfeit Tax Stamp OperationNY1NY Bust Nets $6m in Fake Tax …

Post office closure could kill streetNorwich Evening News, UK –4 minutes agoLUCY BOLTON visits Vauxhall Street Post Office to find out why the consultation process has overwhelmed sub-postmaster Malcolm Wright. … More: continued here

Beverage makers are doing it. So are airlines. With the U.S. economy waning and its outlook for recovery uncertain, the shipping industry, too, is eyeing overseas growth opportunities to offset tough times at home. More: continued here

Once a site flowing with milk and honey, eBay turns into the dumping ground for poor service and high prices. July 13th 2000. My first eBay purchase. I remember I had decided to build my first computer around 8 years ago. I had just gotten married a few months before, …

Former eBay UK employee Dan Wilson talked to AuctionBytes by phone from the UK on Wednesday about eBay changes and his new company, Vzaar. Wilson thinks eBay’s concentration on the buyer experience is “exactly right, and long overdue,” as online buyers are becoming more demanding. More: continued here

Royal Mail’s postal operation could be split in two under proposals put forward by the postal regulator to increase competition and reduce the burden of regulation. More: continued here

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Millions of dollars worth of counterfeit tax stamps were seized and a Jordanian man arrested as part of a major undercover investigation into tobacco smuggling in New York, authorities say. More: continued here

Auctionbytes AuctionBytes Interview: Dan Wilson Talks eBayAuctionbytes –56 minutes agoBy Ina Steiner Former eBay UK employee Dan Wilson talked to AuctionBytes by phone from the UK on Wednesday about eBay changes and his new company, Vzaar. … More: continued here