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Slate Magazine We Can Improve the Banking System and Save the Post Office—All in One StepSlate MagazineAnother is to reduce expenses by closing post offices and ending Saturday mail delivery. The third is competing head-to-head with Federal Express and UPS in parcel delivery. These are perfectly reasonable ideas, but they're …

MPs Attack Sale Of Royal Mail Postcode DatabaseYahoo News UKThe Government has been slammed for selling a valuable database of every British postcode and address in last year's flotation of the Royal Mail. Ministers were strongly criticised for including the register, which contains 1.8 million postcodes and … More: continued …

Postal employees with mobile "swipe and go" devices will help make service more efficient for customers at Minot Post Office. Other area post offices also will be seeing longer hours and customer services changes as part of a U.S. More: continued here

EBay Applauds Icahn's Retreat From Push to Separate PayPal UnitBusinessweekIcahn, who took a stake in EBay in January and began campaigning for a split, proposed today an initial public offering for 20 percent of PayPal. EBay, which rejected Icahn's original proposal, reiterated today that the businesses should remain … More: …

CNBC.com 'Latin eBay' has a problem: VenezuelaCNBC.comAmong the most exposed to the turbulent country is New York exchange-listed MercadoLibre, which has a business much like eBay's in the largest markets across South America. The online marketplace, in which the actual eBay owns an 18 percent stake, … More: continued here

UPDATE 1-Icahn calls on eBay to sell 20 percent of PayPal in an IPOReutersSelling off only part of PayPal would retain the benefits of a stand-alone PayPal while maintaining the efficiencies of having eBay and PayPal together, Icahn wrote in an open letter to fellow eBay shareholders. As a public …

Schaeffer’s Corner Market has a new service. The ribbon was cut Friday at the facility at 1132 New Stanton Ruffsdale Road in Ruffsdale, officially launching … More: continued here

Icahn Proposes PayPal IPO in Which eBay Maintains Majority ControlRe/codeBillionaire activist investor Carl Icahn proposed today that eBay spin out 20 percent of PayPal in an IPO — his most detailed plan for the separation of the two companies since he began his unsolicited campaign in January. Under Icahn's plan, …

UPDATE 2-Icahn changes course, urges eBay to sell 20 pct of PayPalReutersIn his latest missive to fellow eBay shareholders, he said selling off only part of PayPal would retain the benefits of a stand-alone PayPal while maintaining the efficiencies of having eBay and PayPal together. "A partial separation of PayPal …

Carl Icahn to eBay: 'Ultimately truth will win out'SiliconBeatThe pull-no-punches spat between ecommerce tech company eBay and activist investor Carl Icahn took a turn from nasty to blistering on Tuesday when Icahn issued an open letter to stockholders that calls the eBay board liars, its advisers unethical and … More: …