New York Times EBay's Strategy for Taking On AmazonNew York TimesThe passenger door opened, and out sprang John Donahoe, the chief executive of eBay, who began striding toward the store. It was earlier this year, and from the outside the Westfield Valley Fair mall near San Jose had a kind …
Read More »Broker Round-up: M&S, ASOS, Royal Mail, Cairn Energy, Paddy Power, Oxford … – Proactive Investors UK
Broker Round-up: M&S, ASOS, Royal Mail, Cairn Energy, Paddy Power, Oxford …Proactive Investors UK“It appears something of an oxymoron that the current share price implies Royal Mail will make eight percent group margin into perpetuity and yet that the regulator will block anyone from competing in end-to-end, as it would …
Read More »Royal Mail tells shopowner to remove replica Christmas postbox from … – Hertfordshire Mercury
Royal Mail tells shopowner to remove replica Christmas postbox from …Hertfordshire MercuryA ROW has erupted between a Hoddesdon shop owner and the Royal Mail over a festive replica postbox. Robert Wheatley placed the full-sized novelty fibreglass postbox outside his shop Christmas Cracker in Fawkon Walk two weeks ago, spending £400.and …
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Brazil's Post Offices Help Deliver Christmas WishesWUWMThere are piles of similar letters — many decorated with stickers, drawings and hand prints — lying on makeshift tables in the main hall of the post office in downtown Sao Paulo. Another letter, this one from a 10-year-old boy, reads: "My mother died …
Read More »UCSC shutters post office after contract impasse – Santa Cruz Sentinel
UCSC shutters post office after contract impasseSanta Cruz SentinelSANTA CRUZ — UC Santa Cruz will close its campus post office for good this week following failed negotiations with the U.S. Postal Service over a new contract. Fiscal pressures combined with new demands from the Postal Service were the ultimate … …
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From the success of Royal Mail to the fall of gold, this year's events can teach investors some useful lessons More: continued here
Read More »George Zimmerman painting attracts $100000 bid on eBay – The Independent
The Independent George Zimmerman painting attracts $100000 bid on eBayThe Independent“Everyone has been asking what I have been doing with myself,” the former neighbourhood watch volunteer wrote on eBay. “I found a creative way to express myself, my emotions and the symbols that represent my experience. “My art work allows …
Read More »The five biggest investment lessons of 2013 – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk The five biggest investment lessons of 2013Telegraph.co.ukLessons Investors who don't follow up their purchase of Royal Mail shares with a more comprehensive long-term savings plan will discover that their foray into the stock market makes little difference to their future prosperity – £750 as a one-off … More: continued …
Read More »Holiday Hours for the Post Office – KARK
KARK Holiday Hours for the Post OfficeKARKCustomers are encouraged to go online to usps.com or call 1-800-ASK-USPS for information about specific Post Offices. In addition, mail should be deposited into blue collection mailboxes before noon for early pickup on Dec. 24th. Customers requiring …Post offices open Christmas Eve and New …
Read More »City Agency Preserves Artwork Inside Bronx Post Office – NY1
NY1 City Agency Preserves Artwork Inside Bronx Post OfficeNY1One Post Office branch in the Bronx boasts some historic artwork that residents feared might wind up destroyed, but now, thanks to a city's agency's decision, that will not happen. NY1's Erin Clarke filed the following report. Call it an early …and …
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