Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail staff vote overwhelming against privatisationTelegraph.co.uk"I will continue to meet the union to discuss our plans for Royal Mail, including the employee share scheme which is designed to give individual employees a real stake in the company and its future. "Our plans are not new. Parliament debated and backed … More: continued here
UPDATE 2-Belgium's $1 bln bpost IPO bodes well for UK's Royal MailReutersBritain looking to privatise Royal Mail. By Philip Blenkinsop. BRUSSELS, June 21 (Reuters) – Belgium's postal service bpost made a robust market debut on Friday, a bullish signal for Britain as it looks to sell Royal Mail. Private equity firm CVC … More: continued…
Stolen guitars on eBay prompt federal charges for 4 suspects in Beaverton caseOregonLive.comThe investigation was triggered in September 2011 when an employee at Guitar Center in Beaverton recognized a guitar for sale on eBay that had been stolen in May 2011. Authorities said the four suspects operated between June 2008 and September 2012 … More: continued…
Technical Study: eBay, Amazon.com, E-Commerce China Dangdang, and …MarketWatchLONDON, June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — U.S. retail e-commerce sales continued to rise in the first quarter of 2013. According to data from the Commerce Department, U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the first quarter of 2013 were $61.2 billion, … More: continued here
Glenoaks post office in Burbank to closeBurbank Leader“A generation ago, if you wanted to buy a stamp, you had no choice but to go to the post office. Now we have contracts with almost every grocery store,” Maher said. “Because we've expanded access, that actually lowers revenue at our individual post…and more » More: continued here
eBay's New Twist on Window ShoppingFox BusinessDetails. Description. eBay Head of Retail Innovation Healey Cypher and Kate Spade Saturday Senior V.P. Kyle Andrews on eBay's new 'shoppable windows.' Duration 3:02; Date Jun 10, 2013. Advertisement … More: continued here
New Downtown Post Office Officially OpensWXXI NewsIgnatius Vaccaro, Postmaster of Rochester, says it's a full retail site with post office boxes and parcel lockers for larger items. He says it replaces the old Federal Station that was in the Federal Building, and the temporary Midtown Station on Broad … More: continued here
EcommerceBytes eBay Rebrands GSI Commerce to eBay EnterpriseEcommerceByteseBay has rebranded its GSI Commerce unit to eBay Enterprise. eBay had acquired GSI Commerce in 2011 for $2.4 billion. Chris Saridakis, who joined GSI Commerce in 2010 and took over as President of the unit after the acquisition, announced the news on …GSI Commerce enters a new era…
Taking the ‘SNAP Challenge’ and buying just $4.50 of food a day is well-intentioned, but it misses the benefit program’s point. More: continued here
Conservatives' 'Overreach' on Food Stamps Spells Doom for the Farm Bill in the …Yahoo! NewsSteve Southerland, R-Fla., to give states the option of imposing work requirements on recipients of food stamps, a kind of sick buzz filled the chamber and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., moved to the front of the room to…