GOP candidate compares food stamp recipients to wild animalsMSNBCA candidate hoping to become the Republican party's next nominee for U.S. Senator from South Dakota has generated buzz for her campaign this week after comparing food stamp recipients to wild animals in a Facebook post. Dr. Annette Bosworth posted an …GOP Senate Candidate Likens Food Stamp Recipients…
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A package handler with an assault rifle and bullets strapped across his chest "like Rambo" opened fire Tuesday morning at a FedEx station outside Atlanta, wounding at least six people before police found the suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot, police and witnesses said. More: continued here
US online giant eBay agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle allegations it colluded with other Silicon Valley technology firms not to "poach" each other's employees, officials said Thursday. In deals struck with the US Department of Justice and the California attorney general's office, the online commerce titan also promised not to conspire with other…
The Guardian Royal Mail sale sparked legitimate controversy, says Nick CleggThe GuardianNick Clegg has admitted there is legitimate controversy over the sale of Royal Mail and said it was right to have intense scrutiny over the deal overseen by the Lib Dem business secretary, Vince Cable. The deputy prime minister also said Cable had ……
In one of the cases, eBay will agree to pay California $3.75 million. More: continued here
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Stamps.com stock is plummeting Thursday after the postage retailer missed expectations for its first-quarter earnings and revenue. By late afternoon, shares had tumbled 16.4% to $29.01. Net income of 50 cents a share fell short of estimates by 4 cents, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Revenue of $33.3 million climbed 4%…
The U.S. Postal Service has finalized its decision to close and sell its main post office building at 424 S. Kansas Ave. in downtown Topeka. More: continued here
CNBC.com Ebay agrees to settle DOJ case on poachingCNBC.comThe online auction company eBay has settled a lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department by agreeing to refrain from making deals with other technology companies to not poach employees, according to court papers filed on Thursday. In the lawsuit, which …EBay Agrees to Justice Department Settlement on…
Royal Mail sale a '£1bn rip-off' for taxpayersHerald ScotlandSTANDARD Life, billionaire George Soros and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority were among the 16 investors given preferential treatment in the controversial Royal Mail privatisation, the Coalition has revealed, as Labour accused it of a £1 billion … More: continued here
ATLANTA (AP) — Investigators may never know what motivated a FedEx employee to shoot six co-workers at a suburban Atlanta sorting center before fatally shooting himself, a police spokesman said Thursday. More: continued here