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'Idol' puts its stamp on postageUSA Today –43 minutes agoAs part of the Idol Gives Back fundraising effort, stamps featuring the six Idols and this year's winner will be available to fans. … More: continued here

eBay Australia Makes PayPal Processing MandatoryAuctionBytes Blog, MA –5 hours agoIt's official – eBay is requiring that users in Australia use its PayPal payment service on all transactions. While UK sellers are required to offer PayPal … More: continued here

Post office robberyBarking and Dagenham Post, UK –4 hours agoA GUN was held to the head of a woman as armed thieves raided a Post Office in Dagenham. The attack took place at around 1.20pm on Friday, April 4 when two … More: continued here

New York Magazine Charlotte Gainsbourg for Ghesquière; Hermés Sues eBayNew York Magazine,  USA –5 hours ago[WWD] • Today in copyright wars: French eBay offered counterfeit Hermés merchandise, Hermés noticed and sued, and now French eBay owes Hermés almost $50000. … More: continued here

New security changes to auction website eBay Australia will affect the way buyers purchase goods, and funnel more funds into its coffers. Under the changes, direct deposits, money orders and personal cheques will no longer be listed as a payment option after June 17. More: continued here

French Post Office Makes Ebay Despatches SimplerHell Mail, UK –12 minutes agoThe form is then printed on a simple A4 sheet of which a part will attached to the parcel, the other stamped by the counter clerk in post office and used as … More: continued here

New York state officials say they’ve seized millions of dollars worth of counterfeit tax stamps as part of a major undercover investigation into tobacco smuggling. They say the fake stamps would have allowed bootleggers to evade more than $6 million in taxes. One arrest has been made. Investigators say they …

HOPES that a post sorting office could be kept in Coventry were dashed this week when Royal Mail bosses rejected a list of sites suggested by the council. 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

Stay on top of breaking news! Sign up for ABC 7 News e-mail alerts. Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics NV plans to transfer its consumer television activities in the U.S. and Canada to Japan-based Funai Electric Co. More: continued here