eBay settles anti-poaching lawsuits, will pay for "harm"GigaOMThe deal resolves a lawsuit filed in 2012 in which the governments accused eBay of violating anti-trust law as a result of its senior executives cutting a deal with financial software giant Intuit that called for each company to refrain from hiring the …
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FedEx Corp. announced Friday that its FedEx Express subsidiary acquired Supaswift businesses in Malawi and six other countries, which are Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia. These acquisitions represent the latest step in the company’s strategy to grow its African network and service offering. FedEx Express now has …
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Local 10 1 in 5 rely on food stamps in 5 statesLocal 10Nearly one in five people are on food stamps in five states, a stark reminder that the Great Recession continues to be a drag on the nation's poorest. In Mississippi, Oregon, Tennessee, New Mexico and Louisiana, food stamp …
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A large portion of Royal Mail shares did not go to long-term investors but ended up in the hands of speculators and Middle Eastern potentates. More: continued here
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LocalNews8.com 1 in 5 rely on food stamps in 5 statesLocalNews8.comNationally, about 15 percent of Americans are on food stamps. And as the economy has improved, nationwide use of the safety-net program for the most vulnerable has edged down to 46.5 million in January, about 1.2 million fewer than a …
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Mark Leftly: How battling Binley put his stamp on the Royal Mail sell-off …The IndependentAccording to the script, Adrian Bailey and Margaret Hodge played the leading roles for the parliamentary inquisition into the farce that is the privatisation of the Royal Mail. As chairmen of the business and public accounts …
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Read More »Postal Service will close main Topeka post office
The postal service notified Mayor Larry Wolgast this week that it will relocate services at the building to another location, which hasn't been determined. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1iKxUyc ) Tom Samra, a postal service executive, said in a letter that the agency considered the concerns but the decision to …
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