End to Fight Over Skype May Be NearNew York TimesA resolution of the litigation surrounding the service, currently owned by eBay, could be announced as soon as this week, according to several people who …Skype Buyers Said to Be Close to Resolving Fight With FoundersBloombergO'Brien: Silicon Valley golden boy Mike …

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FedEx has tapped William J. Logue to succeed Douglas G. Duncan as president and CEO of FedEx Freight Corp. FedEx announced today that Logue will become president of FedEx Freight on Dec. 1 and take over as CEO upon Duncan’s retirement Feb. 28. Logue joined FedEx Express in the Flying …

Skype Buyers Said to Be Close to Resolving Fight With FoundersBloomberg3 (Bloomberg) — A group of investors that agreed to buy Skype from EBay Inc. are close to a settlement with the company's founders that may be announced as …End to Fight Over Skype May Be NearNew York TimesO'Brien: Silicon …

The PGA Tour is leaving the FedEx Cup just as it is with the playoff schedule and points system. Rick George, the chief of operations for the PGA Tour, said Wednesday that any adjustment to the points system was not on the agenda and not discussed at a board meeting …

With the present recession in tow, the number of children on food stamps is expected to increase. According to researchers, current statistics suggest that approximately half of the children in the U.S., including 90 percent of children who grow up in single-parent households and 90 percent of black children, will …

Several months ago, eBay subsidiary PayPal revealed the next evolution of its payment platform. Called PayPal X , the platform promised to open up new APIs (application programming interfaces) to developers, allowing them to create their own customized payment systems based on the PayPal. Only a few select partners had …