Southwest, Fed Ex planes dinged in airport mishap (AP via Yahoo! News)
Planes belonging to Southwest Airlines Co. and FedEx Corp. suffered minor damage when they bumped wings while on the ground in Salt Lake City. More: continued here
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Plan to save threatened Lancashire post offices (Lancashire Evening Post)
Ministers will publish their plans for saving Lancashire’s remaining 270 post office branches by converting them into a network of community banks. More: continued here
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eBay fined in France over upscale perfumes (MSNBC)
Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined $2.5 million by a Paris court on Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands. More: continued here
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eBay fined in perfume sales row (BBC News)
A Parisian court fines eBay 1.7m euros after ruling it had not kept to an injunction banning users from selling on LVMH perfumes. More: continued here
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Royal Mail strikes cost etailers £53m (e-Consultancy)
The latest stats from IMRG suggest that the postal strike in October cost £53m in lost sales online, as growth dipped during the month. More: continued here
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FedEx (DMNews)
Despite a rocky beginning that saw it struggling to pay bills and find funding, Federal Express was delivering 65,000 packages per day by the early 1980s. One key to Federal Express’ success was a crafty use of multi-channel marketing and IT before most other marketers had recognized their strategic advantage. More: continued here
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Stink over French Perfume Costs eBay (NBC Bay Area)
French courts rule against eBay for trade in Dior scents. More: continued here
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UPDATED: One post office branch set to close in Roanoke (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
And now there is one. More: continued here
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Why the Post Office Closed its Clinton St. Branch – Grand Street News
New York Times Why the Post Office Closed its Clinton St. BranchGrand Street NewsThe Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 recognized the right of postal unions to negotiate their contracts, but it also abolished the US Post Office…Mailing Deadline for Iraq, Afghanistan set for Dec. 4State JournalCredit Card Solicitations on the Decline, USPS HurtingAmerican Banking NewsUSPS…
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EBay Fined $2.5 Million for LVMH French Perfume Sales (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. and a European unit were fined a total of 1.7 million euros ($2.55 million) by a Paris court for failing to halt sales of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA perfumes on its French Web site. More: continued here