Icahn now in favor of eBay having partial custody of PayPalGeekWireHowever, in new plans released today, he admits that eBay and PayPal have important synergies, and that eBay should now only sell 20 percent of PayPal in an IPO. By having a joint custody situation, Icahn claims PayPal would be …
Read More »Post Office planning to reduce workforce – CBS42
Post Office planning to reduce workforceCBS42Now, it's around 480,000 people get a regular paycheck from the post office. That number is about to drop yet again, but not because of firings or layoffs. The Postal Service plans to reduce its workforce by 10,000 next year. This will be accomplished … …
Read More »Russian parliament’s lower house rubber stamps annexation of Crimea – Minneapolis Star Tribune
National Post Russian parliament's lower house rubber stamps annexation of CrimeaMinneapolis Star TribuneThe Kremlin-controlled State Duma voted Thursday to allow Crimea to join Russia following a quick discussion in which members assailed the Ukrainian authorities. The merger needs to be rubber-stamped by the upper house and signed by Russian …Putin rubber …
Read More »Royal Mail lorry smashes into house
A HAMPSHIRE couple are lucky to be alive after a lorry ploughed into their house this morning. More: continued here
Read More »Ten minutes in bed saves man from being crushed by 7.5 tonne lorry
Len Wiles stayed in bed and avoided being crushed by Royal Mail lorry when it smashed through front room More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Lorry Smashes Into Gosport House – Heart
Royal Mail Lorry Smashes Into Gosport HouseHeartHampshire firefighters have rescued a couple from the upstairs window of a house in Gosport, after a Royal Mail lorry crashed into it this morning. Gosport Royal Mail lorry crash. Control operators were called at 5:47am on Thursday 20 March to reports … More: …
Read More »Icahn Climbs Down on eBay; Schultz Raises the Bar for Starbucks – Motley Fool
Binary Tribune Icahn Climbs Down on eBay; Schultz Raises the Bar for StarbucksMotley FoolAfter a series of blistering attacks on eBay, the legendary activist investor is climbing down from his demand that the e-commerce site spin off its PayPal payments unit. In a statement posted on his website yesterday, Icahn …
Read More »Potential sale of McCarthy Flowers won’t affect Chinchilla Post Office – Scranton Times-Tribune
Potential sale of McCarthy Flowers won't affect Chinchilla Post OfficeScranton Times-TribuneSOUTH ABINGTON TWP. – Six years after opening the flower superstore on Northern Boulevard, the McCarthy Group of Florists this week listed the property for sale – a decision that won't affect the future of the Chinchilla Post Office, officials …
Read More »FedEx Takes Sloppy E-Tailers to Task
FedEx Corp. Chief Executive Fred Smith took a tough line with e-commerce companies on Wednesday, saying they need to shape up sloppy shipping practices or risk losing customers. On Wednesday, FedEx said severe weather shaved $125 million off of its fiscal third-quarter profit, pushing earnings well below even scaled-back analyst …
Read More »Royal Mail Lorry Crashes Into Gosport House
Two people got an earlier than expected postal delivery when a Royal Mail lorry crashed into the side of a house in Hampshire. The couple had to be rescued from the first floor of the house after the accident in Gosport at 6am. The driver is said to be shaken …
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