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Group sees development potential around historic post officeInside Bay AreaBERKELEY — Fighting the sale of the downtown post office is not only unproductive but undermines the city's potential to revitalize its downtown, wrote Berkeley Design Advocates, a nonprofit organization of architects and other design professionals …and more » More: continued here

Royal Mail Valued at $5.3 Billion Ahead of IPOABC NewsThe British government said Friday that Royal Mail will be valued at up to 3.3 billion pounds ($5.3 billion) when it sells a majority stake in the 500-year-old service next month. Shares are expected to be priced at between 260 pence …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail shares valuation: Quick factsTelegraph.co.ukIn this case Royal Mail could double its dividend and still meet the payments from its earnings, although that would leave nothing for investment. Paying half of your profits to shareholders – in other words, dividend cover of two – is widely seen as …

Berkeley Design Advocates, a nonprofit organization of architects and other design professionals, is questioning the city's tactics in challenging the sale of the downtown landmark as Planning Commission prepares to consider rezoning the area More: continued here

The government claims the “handshake agreement” was arrived at and refined by EBay executives including former Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman and Intuit co-founder and former CEO Scott Cook from 2006 to 2009 to restrict recruiting and hiring each others’ workers, according to the complaint filed in federal court in …

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By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday refused eBay's attempt to dismiss a U.S. Department of Justice civil lawsuit over its alleged agreement with Intuit to refrain from recruiting each other's employees. In a tandem order, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, …

Royal Mail privatisation by mid-OctoberBBC NewsShares in Royal Mail will be sold by mid-October, with privatisation complete by 15 October – before the company's workers have a chance to strike over the move. On Friday postal workers began voting on whether to take industrial action to oppose the plan. More: …

Oops! EBay seller cancels sale of gold iPhone 5s for $10100Los Angeles TimesBut while the gadget is listed as sold on EBay, the item's seller said Friday that he has canceled the transaction at the request of the buyer, who apparently typed in one too many zeroes when bidding for …

Stamps increase proposal to face Senate scrutinyChristian Science MonitorPostmaster General Patrick Donahoe's appearance Thursday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee comes one day after the post office said it wanted to raise the price of a first-class stamp by 3 cents. He's pressing … More: continued here