EBay Inc. may have fended off an attack from activist shareholder Carl Icahn , yet jump-starting sales growth may be a tougher fight. The world's biggest online marketplace said sales in the current period … More: continued here
BOTH of Blackbird Leys’ post offices are facing refurbishment under new plans, meaning they will have fewer services and longer opening hours. More: continued here
Global commerce platform and payments leader eBay Inc. today reported that revenue for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014, increased 14% to $4.3 billion, compared to the same period in 2013. More: continued here
The Guardian Vince Cable rebuts claim government massively undervalued Royal MailThe GuardianVince Cable has continued to contest claims that the government significantly undervalued Royal Mail, costing taxpayers £750m on the day of the postal service was privatised in October. During questioning by MPs on Tuesday, the business secretary said … More: continued here
Slate Magazine (blog) Check Out Finland's New Graphic Gay Bondage StampsSlate Magazine (blog)The United States has some pretty cool stamps and, once the Harvey Milk stamp is released next month, at least one commemorating an openly LGBTQ American. But it's difficult to imagine a future where America's stamps are as amazingly, graphically gay …New Finnish stamps…
Updated from 4:29 p.m. ET to include second quarter outlook NEW YORK (TheStreet) – EBay beat a conservative first-quarter earnings guidance after it settled a very public two-and-a-half-month battle with billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn. However, the company took a $3 billion tax-related charge to earnings that may cloud strong first quarter operational performance at…
GOOD PAYING JOBS: Work for the Milwaukee Post Officefox6now.comMILWAUKEE (WITI) — The Milwaukee Post Office is accepting applications for Postal Support Employee (PSE) Mail Processing Clerk positions. Jobseekers in the community are encouraged to build their online profile and apply at http://usps.com/employment … More: continued here
A FedEx Corp package handler armed with a shotgun opened fire at a shipping facility in suburban Atlanta early on Tuesday, injuring six people before killing himself, apparently with his own weapon, police and hospital officials said. More: continued here
Forbes Ebay Repatriates $6 Billion In Cash, Bucking Trend Set By AppleForbesIn the company's first quarter earnings report, Ebay Ebay beat the consensus Wall Street estimates, but shares fell 3% in after hours trading as investors scratched their heads. Ebay announced that it would repatriate $6 billion in foreign earnings to …Ebay says foreign cash…
Postal Service chooses to stay at 23rd and Union with slimmed down post officeCHS Capitol Hill SeattleBangasser had no updates about putting the post office's former home into motion after the federal service leaves but said his effort to win a rezone of his 100,000 square-foot Central District property is still moving forward despite a…