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Icahn to eBay: Spin off 20 percent of PayPalVentureBeatIn a statement published today, the activist investor pitched the idea that parent company eBay conduct an IPO of PayPal in which 20 percent of the electronic payments service is sold to the public. In his proposal, eBay would keep the remaining …
Read More »The real problem at eBay: corporate governance – Fortune
Yahoo Finance (blog) The real problem at eBay: corporate governanceFortuneThe message from the firm was very clear that eBay's (EBAY) financial performance drives its decisions. Icahn has said that eBay is underperforming its peers and that the most profitable action to take for shareholders would be to sell off PayPal …
Read More »Royal Mail Shares Priced 215% Above Vince Cable’s IPO – International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK Royal Mail Shares Priced 215% Above Vince Cable's IPOInternational Business Times UKBoth banks as well as the two ministers handling Royal Mail's sell off – Business Secretary Vince Cable and Enterprise Minister Michael Fallon – have faced criticism for allegedly undervaluing the firm and costing taxpayers …
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South Norfolk MP, Richard Bacon, officially opening the Ditchingham Post Office at its new location in the village shop. Owners Raj and Kuljit Thandi with their baby daughter Simran. More: continued here
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eBay Runs List and Sell Coupon PromotionEcommerceByteseBay is giving out coupons to users who list and successfully sell on its website – once. The offer is not a free listing promotion. Rather, the recipient of the special promotion invitation must list auction or fixed-price listings, and for the first …and …
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HSBC has set a target of 710p for Royal Mail shares – some 215% more than the delivery service company's initial public offering starting price. Royal Mail shares closed at 571.75p on 20 March. HSBC's price target for the newly public stock will come as a blow to Britain's business …
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Time to save the Post OfficeCharleston Post CourierSaving the U. S. Postal Service is very much in the national interest, but it is going to mean sacrifices for its workforce and its customers. No other delivery business provides the range of services customers get from the Post Office, which is …
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Adam Crozier, former boss of the Football Association and Royal Mail, saw his pay deal nearly treble from £2.9million to £8.3million last year, and now stands to make even more. More: continued here
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Anchorage Daily News Drug-testing for food stamp recipients passes late Senate hurdleAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)A bill headed for the governor's desk would require recipients of food stamps and welfare to undergo drug tests and pay for them, if a Department of Human Services worker suspected their “demeanor” or in other …
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