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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)
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Read More »Denton‘s plans for old post office – The Herald Eastern Cape
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