Two men have been charged after police busted a syndicate that used eBay and other websites to sell $4.5 million worth of goods bought with fake credit cards. More: continued here
Read More »eBay To Pursue Employee Stock Option Exchange Program (WebProNews)
The Dow is having an awesome day – it’s up 4.20 percent at the moment – and eBay’s doing even better, up 6.23 percent. Just the same, most stocks are nowhere close to their 52-week highs, and to address this problem as it relates to employees’ morale, eBay has announced …
Read More »This Little Madoff Piggy Bank Going to eBay – MSNBC
Minyanville.com This Little Madoff Piggy Bank Going to eBayMSNBCMurphy has been sculpting for nearly 20 years, and his latest creation of alleged Ponzi schemer Madoff was going for about $111 on eBay on Monday afternoon. "It's tough to answer where ideas come from," Murphy said. "I get a lot of …
Read More »Another NC farmers market to accept food stamps (Winston-Salem Journal)
The Rockingham County Farmers Market is the latest in North Carolina to begin accepting electronic benefits transfer cards, traditionally known as food stamps. The Rockingham County market will begin accepting EBTs in May. Other farmers markets in the state also accept the cards. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Office offering free resume printing Tuesday (Denver Business Journal)
FedEx Office locations in Colorado are offering free resume printing Tuesday only. (FDX) More: continued here
Read More »Warning to 'shrill' mail critics – BBC News
BBC News Warning to 'shrill' mail criticsBBC News, UKThe row over the government's plans to part-privatise Royal Mail could make it harder to attract a partner, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said. He told peers it was now "balance sheet insolvent" but ministers believed it could have a profitable … More: continued …
Read More »Gang used eBay to shift dodgy gear (Sydney Morning Herald)
Police have smashed a criminal syndicate that used eBay to offload expensive merchandise purchased with fake credit cards. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail disses runaway post van man (The Register)
Injured have-a-go hero ‘victim of his own misfortune’ The Royal Mail has taken a less than grateful attitude towards a Bristol man who prevented a runaway post van “careering over a busy main road”, as the Times puts it.… More: continued here
Read More »Obama nominates UT’s Abbott to environmental post – Bizjournals.com
Obama nominates UT’s Abbott to environmental postBizjournals.com, NCShe has served as director of UT’s Center for Science and Practice of Sustainability for the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost since 2006 and is on faculty in the College of Liberal Arts. Her appointment to the White House post would …
Read More »EBay CEO was paid $22.5M in 2008, much in options (AP via Yahoo! News)
EBay Chief Executive John Donahoe received compensation valued at $22.5 million in 2008, according to a Monday regulatory filing, but a large part of his pay package consisted of equity awards that are currently of little value in the wake of a sharp decline in the company’s stock price. More: …
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