Movers: Bank of America, Microsoft, Apple, eBay, Nokia, InterwovenBusinessWeek –3 hours agoeBay (EBAY) posts $0.41, vs. $0.45, fourth quarter non-GAAP EPS ($0.29 vs. $0.39 GAAP EPS) on 6.6% lower revenue. Sees $0.32-$0.34 first quarter non-GAAP … More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Named Among FORTUNE Magazines 2009 Best Companies to Work For (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—-FedEx Corp. has once again been named to FORTUNE magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in the United States in 2009. The company is ranked 90th overall and was recognized specifically for the way, “CEO Fred Smith announced sweeping cost reductions in December. 401 matches …
Read More »Australia honors Oscar winners with stamps (UPI)
MELBOURNE, Jan. 22 (UPI) — Postage stamps featuring the pictures of four Australian Oscar winners went on sale Thursday, the Australia Post announced. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail’s £225m profit will raise debate over private stake (icWales)
ROYAL MAIL made a profit of £225m in the nine months to Christmas, with all its businesses in the black for the first time in 20 years, it announced yesterday. More: continued here
Read More »eBay net profit down sharply (AFP via Yahoo! News)
EBay Inc. on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in quarterly net profit as the weak economy took a big bite out of its core online auction business. More: continued here
Read More »New Britain Grocery Store Owner Sentenced for Food Stamp Fraud – Hartford Courant
New Britain Grocery Store Owner Sentenced for Food Stamp FraudHartford Courant, United States –52 minutes agoThe owner of a New Britain grocery store where federal prosecutors said food stamps were exchanged for cash or ineligible items was sentenced Wednesday to … More: continued here
Read More »Markets Fall At Opening Bell – Washington Post
Markets Fall At Opening BellWashington Post, United States –7 hours ago… on the Microsoft news and eBay reported its first-ever quarterly revenue decline, pushing shares of the online auction house more than 13 percent. …Before the Bell: Stocks headed for a lower openingBloggingStocksUS market falls over recession concernsPRESS TVMARKET SNAPSHOT: Microsoft Slams …
Read More »Chicago to pay United $163M for cargo site (Chicago Tribune)
The City of Chicago is poised to pay United Airlines $163 million to relocate a cargo facility that lies in the path of the next runway planned for O’Hare International Airport.United and FedEx Corp. had agreed to demolish cargo buildings along the airport’s southern periphery that lie in the planned …
Read More »Royal Mail In Profit For First Time In 20yrs (Daily Record)
ROYAL MAIL chiefs yesterday announced they’d made made a profit of £255million. And they revealed that all their businesses are in profit for the first time in almost 20 years. More: continued here
Read More »Three rural post offices closed every week – Telegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail Three rural post offices closed every weekTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –3 hours agoRoyal Mail has admitted to MPs that England has lost one fifth of its entire rural post office network since 2000. Overall the number of open post offices …One in five post offices in rural England has been closed …
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