AP PHOTOS: Scenes from the Romney campaignKHQ Right Now… battle over copyright…>> Supreme Court justices on Monday weighed copyright protections for publishers, creative artists and manufacturers in a global marketplace in a case that has attracted the interest of Costco, eBay and Google. The outcome …and more » More: continued here
EBay Inc. on Monday announced a restructuring at its PayPal online payments business that includes the cutting of 325 jobs. More: continued here
D'town Post Office depends on private enterpriseWALB-TVThe future of the downtown Albany post office was again a topic of discussion amongst county leaders. They continuing to push to keep the facility open beyond it's six-month extension, but it will be up to a private contractor to invest in the location … More: continued here
Business Insider EBay Cutting 325 Jobs in PayPal Division Restructuring PlanBloombergPayPal accounted for 43 percent of EBay's revenue last year, compared with 25 percent in 2007. While sales rose 23 percent to $1.37 billion in the third quarter, that gain was less than the 32 percent jump to $1.11 billion during the same three months…
Costco, eBay, Google and the nation's top art museums are backing a Thai graduate student against book publishers, the movie and music industries in a Supreme Court battle over copyright protections with important implications for consumers. More: continued here
Julia Stamps-Mallon and Chris Mocko win weekend raceSanta Rosa Press DemocratDefending champion Julia Stamps-Mallon of Santa Rosa and Chris Mocko of San Francisco were the victors in Saturday Wine County Half Marathon, which started in Geyserville and finished in Healdsburg. Each took home $400 each and a magnum of wine. More: continued here
The Atlantic Avoiding Financial Armageddon at the Post OfficeThe AtlanticIt involves significant savings from changes in benefit plans, decreased service levels (e.g., moving from six to five-day delivery), some post office closures, and continued headcount reductions. It also involves continued price increases and …Post offices fight for life against new technologyRed and BlackPost Office Prepares…
eBay Inc. today announced a planned fourth quarter pretax restructuring charge of approximately $15 million related to staff reductions at the company's PayPal business unit. More: continued here
BBC News Guernsey and Alderney Christmas stamp designs revealedBBC NewsThe designs for this year's Christmas stamps for Guernsey and Alderney have been released by Guernsey Post. The set of seven stamps for each island show scenes from the nativity story and will be issued on 31 October. The stamps were designed by … More: continued…
New school to be built on land of old Royal Mail depot in Ascot RoadWatford ObserverHertfordshire County Council agreed today to secure the land on the old Royal Mail depot in Ascot Road. Supermarket Morrisons is already in advanced negotiations to build a new store on the site and has allowed space for a new…