LONDON (Thomson Financial) – FTSE 100 risers Friends Provident 163.4 up 4.4 Closer to a break-up as it prepares for strategic review – Sunday Times British Energy 549 up 13-1/2 Goldman target price hike last week Royal & Sun Alliance 147.0 up 1.0 On Friends Provident news Rolls Royce 547 …

CNN-IBN More Than A Million Unwanted Christmas Gifts Up For Sale At EbayAHN –3 hours agoLondon, England (AHN) – Ebay announced that more than a million gifts have been offered for sale and as an opportunity to be re-gifted. …Nation's unwanted gifts sold on eBayTelegraph.co.ukUnwanted Xmas gifts sold on eBayThaindian.comA million …

Options update 12-31-07: eBay February volatility elevated into …BloggingStocks –5 hours agoDeutsche Banc has a Sell rating on EBAY. According to Deutsche Banc says, the declining US listings, deteriorating demand trends and potential increased …Newspaper wrap-up: EBay CEO Whitman may be on her way outBloggingStocksall 2 news articles More: continued here

The John W. Byrnes Main Post Office, 300 Packerland Drive, Green Bay, is open until 2 p.m. today. Green Bay postal stations are open until noon. More: continued here

What: The Flat Rock Downtown Development Authority will discuss relocation of the Flat Rock Post Office and demolition of the empty Kmart plaza at its next meeting. More: continued here

THIS was the year Bill Gross said his stamps had outperformed his bond fund, Stanley Ho beat Damien Hirst in bidding for a truffle, and Amazon.com paid 39 times estimates for a book of JK Rowling stories. Among the mishaps, Marie Antoinette’s pearls and a Van Gogh painting didn’t sell. …

FARIBAULT, Minn. – At the Sage Electrochromics plant in Faribault, glass is everywhere. Sheets of it lie on conveyor belts waiting to be cleaned, inspected and coated. Samples of glass lie in FedEx boxes, awaiting the eager eyes of architects. More: continued here

eBay Sale of 'Knight Rider' Car HaltedThe Associated Press –1 hour ago(AP) — An attorney said Friday he's halted an eBay auction of an original KITT — the talking car that helped David Hasselhoff escape bad guys on the '80s TV … More: continued here

eBay Sale of 'Knight Rider' Car HaltedSarasota Herald-Tribune, FL –3 minutes agoAn attorney said Friday he's halted an eBay auction of an original KITT – the talking car that helped David Hasselhoff escape bad guys on the '80s TV series … More: continued here

Royal Mail Loses Contract To TNTHell Mail, UK –4 hours agoRoyal Mail has been dumped by Preston council bosses in favour of postal operator TNT. Preston Council's postal bill was slashed by over £17500 in the move. …Royal losers at councilLancashire Evening Postall 2 news articles More: continued here