EBay, Icahn Strike Agreement, End Proxy BattleFox BusinessEBay (EBAY) ended its weeks-long proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn on Thursday in an agreement that keeps eBay and its PayPal e-commerce arm together. The online marketplace agreed to add Icahn pick David Dorman as an independent … More: continued here
Food stamps program discourages people from seeking employment and …The Voice of RussiaWisconsin State Senator Glenn Grothman is convinced that the Washington's food stamps program is highly ineffective. The country is in deep trouble, according to Grothman, not only because of bad economy or the huge amount of debt, but because of the … More: continued…
Dothan First Post offices: No extended hours for April 15's Tax DayLancaster NewspapersThis year, for the first time, not a single post office in Pennsylvania will stay open past its regular time to accept tax returns, U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman Karen Mazurkiewicz said. Ten years ago, “it used to be a party at the post…
Tax day will see no extended post office hours once moreThe Elkhart TruthElkhart area post offices won't be running any extended hours for last-minute tax filers on Tuesday, April 15 — and they haven't done so for several years — as more people file electronically. By Jeff Parrott Posted 5 minutes ago. Elkhart area post…and…
In discussing their marriage of interests for the first time on Thursday, activist investor Carl Icahn and eBay chief executive John Donahoe name-checked a particular matchmaker for special credit: Jimmy Lee, a longtime banker at JPMorgan Chase. More: continued here
Communication Workers Union attacks 'act of desperation' by chief executive Moya Greene in run-up to results of strike ballot Royal Mail is offering a £300 bonus to any of its 150,000 staff who cross the picket line in any forthcoming nationwide postal strikes. Moya Greene, Royal Mail's chief executive, wrote to all employees before Wednesday's…
Union and management say new agreement will include an improved pay offer and separate pensions agreement A strike planned by Royal Mail workers in the aftermath of the company's recent privatisation has been called off after unions and management said talks were progressing. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) had given notice of a one-day strike…
Editorial: Lawmakers should lift Missouri's lifetime ban on food stamps for …STLtoday.comMissouri's continuation of the lifetime ban on food stamps for people with records of drug felonies is a meat-ax approach to a problem that would be better solved with a scalpel. A provision that authorizes the ban was part of the federal welfare ……
In pictures: Buckingham Palace celebrated in new Royal Mail stampsTelegraph.co.ukThe Queen's face adorns every stamp issued in the United Kingdom, and now you can see inside and outside her main home when you send a letter as well. The Royal Mail has released a 10-stamp set of images celebrating the palace, which has been the ……
Bates didn't deny speaking favorably of opportunities to develop the post office site, but underscored that his priority is keeping the building in public hands, saying, "I want to see (the post office) in public ownership and am just pointing out the realities." More: continued here