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Read More »EBay ordered to pay $63 million to luxury-goods maker – Los Angeles Times
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Read More »FedEx cuts rates in fiercely competitive China (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
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Read More »EBay Told to Pay $61 Million to Fashion Company Over Sales of Fake Goods (Law.com)
A French court has ordered eBay to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA had complained it was hurt by the sale of knockoff items on eBay. An adviser to the company …
Read More »EBay Ordered to Pay $61 Million in Sale of Counterfeit Goods (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The luxury giant LVMH for the second time successfully challenged eBay in a French court, arguing that 90 percent of the Louis Vuitton bags and Dior perfumes sold on eBay are fakes. More: continued here
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