A federal court ruling has excluded Missouri FedEx Ground contract drivers from class-action status in a suit that claims workers are wrongly being treated as contractors rather than employees. More: continued here

Royal Mail to close its final pension fundPeninsula On-line, Qatar –7 minutes agoLONDON • Britain's Royal Mail said yesterday that it would close its final salary pension scheme to new members from the end of this month. … More: continued here

EBay Inc said on Thursday that early venture capital backer and long-time board member Robert Kagle plans to stand down as a director of the company at its next annual shareholder meeting. More: continued here

Shares of eBay Inc. rose Thursday after a Banc of America Securities analyst raised his first-quarter estimates for the online auctioneer, saying data implies strong performance during the period. More: continued here

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ROYAL Mail has confirmed it is to close its final-salary pension scheme to new members at the end of this month. More: continued here

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Royal Mail is failing to invest properly, is too inefficient and is not developing sufficient new products, the industry regulator has said in a sweeping indictment of the business. More: continued here

PRESS DIGEST – British business – March 28Reuters –2 hours agoPostcomm has said Royal Mail [GBPO.UL] is failing to invest properly, is too inefficient and is not developing sufficient new products. … More: continued here

Royal Mail was spending too much time trying to keep competitors out of the postal market and not enough on meeting the needs of users, the postal regulator warned on Thursday. More: continued here