Tens of millions of letters and parcels are sitting in a mail mountain caused by a series of rolling strikes by some 20,000 Royal Mail employees, forcing managers to sort mail in the gutter. More: continued here
Read More »Parsippany man is sentenced to 3 years for selling stolen police equipment on eBay (The Star-Ledger)
ROXBURY — A Parsippany man was sentenced today to three years in state prison for stealing $206,000 from his former employer, a police supply company in Roxbury, by taking products such as sirens and lights and selling them on eBay,… More: continued here
Read More »UPDATE: Joost Drama Complicates EBay’s Sale Of Skype (Nasdaq)
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The drama over the removal of Joost’s chairman highlights the legal entanglements and degrees of separation surrounding the players involved in the pending sale of eBay Inc.’s (EBAY) Skype. More: continued here
Read More »Used car auctioneer KAR files for $400 million IPO – Reuters
Used car auctioneer KAR files for $400 million IPOReutersKAR listed EBay Inc's (EBAY.O) eBay Motors used car auction website among its competitors. In 2008, KAR facilitated the sale of 3.2 million used and salvage …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Tiger dominates to reclaim No. 1 spot in FedEx Cup (AP via Yahoo! News)
One of the slogans for the FedEx Cup is that “every shot counts,” which proved meaningful even as Tiger Woods was well on his way to another blowout victory in the BMW Championship. More: continued here
Read More »DCF employee arrested for stealing food stamps (FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Department of Children and Families employee is behind bars after investigators say she used her position to obtain food stamps. More: continued here
Read More »eBay CEO John Donahoe Takes Field Trips to Visit Sellers (AuctionBytes)
eBay CEO John Donahoe has been taking field trips to sellers’ businesses and has been recording video interviews that he posts on the company’s Intranet. He told the Wall Street Journal that he records the visits in order to educate eBay employees and to celebrate some of its sellers. More: …
Read More »Finally, the IEEE stamps “approved” on 802.11n Wi-Fi standard (InfoWorld)
The IEEE has finally approved the 802.11n high-throughput wireless LAN standard. There’s been no public announcement yet by IEEE. But Bruce Kraemer, the long-time chairman of the 802.11n Task Group (part of the 802.11 Working Group, which oversees the WLAN standards), has sent out a notification to a listserv for …
Read More »Morgenthau Stumps for Vance to Succeed Him – New York Times
New York Daily News Morgenthau Stumps for Vance to Succeed HimNew York Times[NYT] Amtrak has preliminarily agreed to move to an annex at the Farley Post Office clearing a major hurdle in revitalizing Pennsylvania Station. …The Post's EndorsementNew York Postall 172 news articles » More: continued here
Read More »Postal Service called federal crown jewel – Knoxville News Sentinel
Postal Service called federal crown jewelKnoxville News SentinelWhen you take a vacation, your mail can be held in the post office for one month at no charge. When you move, your first-class mail will be forwarded to …LETTER: A postal pleaDaily Free Press (subscription)Privatized postal service would cause big problemsThe …
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