About the GLBSE fee:
Inaba, why not try to contact GLBSE and negotiate with them a lower fee rate?
I have a trouble ticket open for GLBSE, but if they can't help me, I have to figure something else out.
I'm guessing that's what the ticket is for. Those fees do seem steep for issuers when transferring huge amounts of shares. Pretty reasonably for small amounts (to prevent "black market" deals, i.e. transfer shares to a person and have them send BTC outside of GLBSE).