Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices openKPLC-TVMore >> WASHINGTON (AP) – The struggling US Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe tells a news … More: continued here
Rural post offices won't close, but hours will be cutCNNBy Jennifer Liberto @CNNMoney May 9, 2012: 11:50 AM ET WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — The US Postal Service is backing off a previous plan to close thousands of post offices, and will instead cut hours at 13000 rural facilities in an effort to save $500 … More:…
eBay sold its Rent.com classifieds subsidiary to PRIMEDIA, a resource for apartment and rental home information and listings. eBay had announced the agreement to sell the company in March. More: continued here
Kings County Register/Advertiser Valley Stamp Club growingKings County Register/AdvertiserBY KIRK STARRATT There are probably as many different reasons why people collect stamps as there are nuances and niches for the philatelist to explore. Visitors to the Valley Stamp Club's annual exhibition at the Kentville fire hall April 28 were …and more » More: continued here
Primedia buys eBay's Rent.comBizjournals.comNorcross, Ga., rentals and apartment listing magazines publisher Primedia bought eBay Inc.'s (NYSE: EBAY) Rent.com unit for an undisclosed amount. Rentals and apartment listing magazines publisher Primedia bought eBay Inc.'s (NYSE: EBAY) Rent.com unit … More: continued here
WLFI.com Sen. Webb to Postmaster General: Keep Post Offices open until reform is enactedSmith Mountain EagleWashington, DC – Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) and other senators have asked Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to extend the moratorium on the closing of post office and mail processing facilities until Congress approves reform legislation.We admit postal bias – 5/9/12Mountain…
Filings Made When EBay Hired Thompson Accurate, CEO Donahoe SaysBloombergJohn Donahoe, chief executive officer of EBay Inc. (EBAY), the world's largest Internet marketplace, said the filings made when it hired Scott Thompson as president of its PayPal payment business were accurate. The academic credentials of Thompson, …Yahoo Puts Blue Pencil to Board BiosWall Street Journal…
Auctionbytes PRIMEDIA Completes Acquisition of Rent.com from eBay, Inc.SunHerald.comATLANTA — PRIMEDIA, the premier renter resource for apartment and rental home information and listings, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of eBay Inc.'s Rent.com subsidiary. The acquisition creates the industry-leading resource in …eBay Sells Classifieds Site Rent.comAuctionbytesall 17 news articles » More: continued here
Boston.com Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsBoston.comCurrently, fewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of agriculture, says she hopes these grants will bring … More: continued here
US Postal Service Losing up to $25 Million Per DaySan Francisco Chronicle (press release)The USPS is reportedly losing up to $25 million per day, and the Postmaster General is proposing to close up to 3700 post offices around the nation which would mean elimination 28000 jobs for postal workers. William La Jeunesse reported for Fox…