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When Fred Smith started FedEx in 1971, the company nearly didn't make it because of the spike in fuel costs related to the Arab oil embargo. That experience led Smith to turn FedEx into one of the leaders in looking for alternatives to power its vans, trucks and jets. More: …

David Jones shuns eBay offerBrisbane TimesUPMARKET department store David Jones has rebuffed an offer from global giant eBay to help boost its struggling internet sales. Deborah Sharkey, head of eBay Australia, confirmed the online behemoth had approached the department store about the …DJs rejects eBay's offer of online helpSydney Morning …

A proposal to put a FedEx distribution center just off Speen Street near the Natick Mall has residents from Natick and Wayland worried about the all-hours traffic and noise the shipping hub could create in an already congested area. More: continued here

PhiConnect.com Releases their New Combined Shipping Feature for eBay and …PR Web (press release)eBay and Amazon merchants will benefit by being able to combine and ship their orders which will save on postage fees. This new feature will improve efficiency for eBay, Amazon, Yahoo Store, Volusion and PhiConnect storefront module.and …

QR Code Press eBay sells Rent.com to Primedia to concentrate on mobile commerce and paymentsQR Code PresseBay has announced that it will be selling off Rent.com, one of its online properties, which has been purchased by Primedia. This will allow the largest online marketplace in the world to concentrate its …

FedEx's third-quarter figures were decent despite a shaky international business outlook. More: continued here

State car auction: It's hugeAlbany Times UnionThe vehicles will be auctioned on eBay starting April 3. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) This 2006 Ford crown Victoria is among the more than 450 NYS owned cars, trucks, SUVs, and vans located in two lots at the Harriman Campus Thursday March …

EBay taps mobile payments innovator David Marcus for PayPal presidentNetwork WorldEBay has tapped David Marcus to replace Scott Thompson as president of PayPal effective April 2, the company announced Thursday. Thompson left the company to become CEO of Yahoo in January. Marcus joined PayPal in August 2011, when the company …

Times LIVE eBay halts sorbitol salesCitizenOnline US auction company eBay said on Monday that it had blocked global sales of sorbitol following the death of a medical patient in Italy who had consumed a sample of the sugar substitute which had been bought on the Internet.eBay bans sorbitol sales after …

WKBW-TV More Than 450 State Vehicles Ready for Sale on eBayWKBW-TVBy WKBW News Albany (WKBW release) — Office of General Services Commissioner, RoAnn Destito on Thursday announced that more than 450 state vehicles have been staged at the Harriman Campus for sale on eBay as part of Governor Cuomo's fleet …