BBC News Closure threat to 57 post officesBBC News, UK –2 hours agoRoyal Mail is planning to close 57 post offices across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham. A further 23 branches would be replaced by outreach … More: continued here
Paris- A French court on Monday ordered the online auction giant eBay to pay $61 million in damages to the French luxury goods company LVMH, in the latest round in a long-running legal battle over the sale of counterfeit goods on the Internet. More: continued here
July 1 (Bloomberg) — U.K. stocks fell, extending the worst first-half in 14 years for the FTSE 100 benchmark index, as higher oil prices and reports on housing and manufacturing damped the outlook for the economy. More: continued here
Stamps.com Wins Patent Trial Against Kara TechnologyCNNMoney.com –1 hour agoStamps.com® (NASDAQ: STMP), the intelligent alternative to a postage meter, today announced that it received a unanimous jury verdict that its NetStamps® … More: continued here
PARIS – EBay Inc. will appeal a French court ruling that restricts the sale of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA products, describing the decision as an “anticompetitive overreach.” More: continued here
Stamps' play allows Hufnagel to skip Carlin's seven wordsCanada.com, Canada –1 hour agoBut ex-player Justin Gimelstob redeemed the entire sport when asked if he hated Anna Kournikova. "Hate's a very strong word. … More: continued here
NW Evening Mail Post office crusade goes to PMNW Evening Mail, UK –27 minutes agoA TEAM of councillors is writing to the Prime Minister in a bid to save a threatened post office. Last month’s announcement that Dalton’s Anty Cross branch … More: continued here
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Robbers wearing police uniforms and armed with automatic weapons stormed a post office in central Sarajevo and stole hundreds of thousands of euros as security guards watched the Euro 2008 soccer final, media reported today. More: continued here
Stamps.com wins patent trial against Kara Technology; no damages …Forbes, NY –8 minutes agoBOSTON (Thomson Financial) – Stamps.com Inc. said Tuesday it won the patent trial brought on by Kara Technology in regards to the company's NetStamps … More: continued here
Royal Mail should reduce costs and look to more competitive prices for their customers, UK postal industry regulator Postcomm has said. More: continued here