Activist investor Carl Icahn initiated a large new position in eBay (EBAY) that accounts for 4.66% of his U.S. long portfolio. A few months back, Icahn proposed a spin-off of Paypal from eBay. More: continued here
Zawya (registration) Pact signed with Royal Mail to modernise Q-PostZawya (registration)The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and the British Royal Mail yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding for the modernisation of Qatar Postal Services Company (Q-Post). The signing took place on the sidelines of the third …Deal signed with Royal Mail to modernise Q-PostPeninsula On-lineQatar…
KARK Arkansans Warned to Take Action after eBay CyberattackKARKLITTLE ROCK, AR (News release) – Last week, online retailer and merchant eBay announced that personal information including email addresses of more than 145 million users had been stolen from the company's databases in a cyberattack. Attorney …and more » More: continued here
eBay users beware: Scammers sending spoof emails to change passwordskdvr.comAlmost a week after eBay announced a security breach, the online auction site urged its users to change their passwords. The delay in the call to action had many scratching their head. Though, despite eBay's reason on waiting to advise their users … More: continued here
Metro eBay business nets police force £1mMetroA resourceful police force has raised more than £1million by selling goods seized from criminals on eBay. Leicestershire Police became the first force to set up its own eBay shop in 2009 and estimate it has generated twice as much money than if the …and more » More: continued here
Broker spotlight: British Telecom, Royal Mail, Premier Foods, AstraZeneca, OPG …Proactive Investors UK'Sell' Royal Mail (LON:RMG) says Cantor Fitzgerald. RMG delivered a downbeat message at its full year results last week. Competition in parcels and letters is hotting-up with Amazon starting to deliver some of its own packages and TNT Post rolling-out … More: continued…
Martha’s Vineyard Times Citizen gardener tackles the Tisbury post office parking lotMartha’s Vineyard TimesEach week, Carol Salguero of West Tisbury puts her gardening skills to work in an effort to beautify the Vineyard Haven post office parking lot. It would seem an impossible task to grow anything in the narrow strip of abused land that…
PHLPost issues second installment of 'Mama Sita' stampsGMA NewsFood-loving philatelists are in for a treat as the Philippine Postal Corp. issued the second installment of special stamps featuring culinary icon Teresita “Mama Sita" Reyes. PHLPost said the second installment, which features the work of Laguna-based … More: continued here
POINTE-AU-PÈRE and RIMOUSKI, QC, May 29, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ – Canada Post today issued two stamps to mark the centennial of the sinking of RMS Empress of Ireland on May 29, 1914, in the St. Lawrence River, near Rimouski, Quebec. The Empress of Ireland was a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) ocean liner – built for…
Entrepreneur How Google's Latest Algorithm Update Hurt eBayMotley FoolAccording to Peter Meyers, who writes for Moz Blog, eBay made it to the first page of Google results for about 1% of all search terms in Moz's data set. (Note, that's not 1% of all searches, but search terms. The actual number of searches depends on…