Report: Ariz. provided food stamps to incarcerated, deadArizona Daily StarPHOENIX — Arizona provided food stamps and welfare benefits to some people behind bars — and some who were dead — according to a new report. The study by the state Auditor General's Office said the Department of Economic Security does …
Read More »EBay’s $3 Billion Tax Charge Clouds Strong Earnings Growth – TheStreet.com
EBay's $3 Billion Tax Charge Clouds Strong Earnings GrowthTheStreet.comNEW YORK (TheStreet) – EBay (EBAY) beat a conservative first-quarter earnings guidance after it settled a very public two-and-a-half-month battle with billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn. However, the company took a $3 billion tax-related charge … More: continued here
Read More »Downtown post office will have short move to new location – Leader-Telegram
Downtown post office will have short move to new locationLeader-Telegram… empty Phoenix Park area storefront. Though the Postal Service still was finalizing lease details, it informed the city Monday afternoon that it plans to move Eau Claire's main post office into a 7,262-square-foot retail space on the 200 block of …
Read More »The firm forecast second-quarter per-share earnings between 67 cents and 69 … – CNBC.com
The firm forecast second-quarter per-share earnings between 67 cents and 69 …CNBC.comEarlier this month, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who owned more than 2 percent of eBay as of April 10, backed off calls for it to spin out its fast-growing PayPal payments unit, having failed to drum up support from …
Read More »FedEx employee opens fire, wounding 6 before committing suicide
KENNESAW, Ga. – A FedEx employee wearing ammunition draped across his chest "like Rambo" opened fire Tuesday at a package-sorting centre outside Atlanta, wounding six people before committing suicide, police and witnesses said. The suspect, identified by police as 19-year-old Geddy Kramer of Acworth, was found dead inside. He worked …
Read More »Froma Harrop: America’s best post offices: Mail today, gone tomorrow – The Providence Journal
Froma Harrop: America's best post offices: Mail today, gone tomorrowThe Providence JournalThe U.S. Postal Service's bizarre decision to sell beloved old buildings to raise quick cash has created angst across the country. A 1937 post office in Virginia Beach, Va., was razed and replaced by a Walgreens (which, ironically, sells …
Read More »EBay turns in a loss, but sales rise – MarketWatch
MarketWatch EBay turns in a loss, but sales riseMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — EBay Inc. on Tuesday reported a first-quarter loss due to a tax charge of $3 billion, and the e-commerce leader recorded sales gains led by improvements in both the company's core marketplace and PayPal payments … More: continued here
Read More »Is There Still Time To Buy Royal Mail PLC?
Can Royal Mail PLC (LON: RMG) move higher, or are the company's shares overvalued? More: continued here
Read More »New post office in Saltaire set to open
May Day marks the opening of a new-look post office opening in a Saltaire off-licence – a short distance from the old premises in Bingley Road The new Post Office Local will open in Saltaire Wines tomorrow at 1pm and offers significantly longer opening hours for customers. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Stock Lower Despite Strong Earnings Report Today – Motley Fool
eBay Stock Lower Despite Strong Earnings Report TodayMotley FooleBay (NASDAQ: EBAY ) reported fiscal 2014 first-quarter earnings after the closing bell today that beat Wall Street's expectations but failed to move the stock higher in late trading on Tuesday. For the period ended March 31, eBay earned a non … …
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