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Read More »Finland to make postage stamp history by printing set with homoerotic images – Haaretz
Haaretz Finland to make postage stamp history by printing set with homoerotic imagesHaaretzThe three stamps, due to be issued September 8, display paintings of naked male buttocks, a mustachioed man in black leather boots, and the naked man on whose shoulders he is seated. The paintings are by the late …
Read More »Are Stores Making Bank Off Food Stamps? – Mother Jones
Are Stores Making Bank Off Food Stamps?Mother JonesHow much of Walmart's revenue comes from its shoppers' food stamps? The store isn't required to say. But a January Court of Appeals ruling could change that. If the unanimous decision by the 8th Circuit's panel of three judges holds, the United States …and …
Read More »Former eBay Executive Charged with Insider Trading – Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release)
Former eBay Executive Charged with Insider TradingFederal Bureau of Investigation (press release)… with securities fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, Saridakis, a senior executive at GSI Commerce Inc. (GSIC), provided material, non-public information regarding eBay's pending acquisition of GSIC. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Earnings Preview: Marketplaces And PayPal To Drive Growth – Trefis
eBay Earnings Preview: Marketplaces And PayPal To Drive GrowthTrefiseBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) will report its Q1 2014 earnings on 29th April. We expect the continued growth in the global e-commerce market, eBay's efforts to simplify its payment system, and the symbiotic relationship between eBay and PayPal to fuel the … More: continued here
Read More »PHL Post issuing special commemorative stamps for two popes’ canonizations
Stamp collectors and history buffs can immortalize the canonization of Blessed John Paul II and Blessed John XXIII with limited-edition stamps and souvenir sheets to be issued by the Philippine Postal Corp. More: continued here
Read More »UK government, bankers back in spotlight over Royal Mail sale – Reuters UK
UK government, bankers back in spotlight over Royal Mail saleReuters UKLast October, the government sold 60 percent of Royal Mail at 330 pence per share, ending 500 years of state control and raising 2 billion pounds ($3.36 billion) for the public purse. However, the firm's share price has since risen …
Read More »ValueAct Acquired EBay Stake Before Icahn Prompted Exit
Activist investor Jeffrey Ubben, who runs ValueAct Capital Management LLC, said his firm bought a stake in EBay Inc. (EBAY) and then quickly exited when the disclosure of Carl Icahn ’s investment inflated the stock price. More: continued here
Read More »Pope John Paul XXIII and Pope John Paul II immortalized in PHLPost stamps
Special commemorative stamps and souvenirs are set to be launched on Sunday, April 27, as Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II gets canonized, said the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost). More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail privatised for up to £1.5bn less than City estimates of its value
Estimates of value ranged from £4bn to £4.8bn ahead of government selloff for £3.3bn, business department reveals The furore over the sale of Royal Mail erupted again on Friday after it was revealed that investment banks have estimated the company's value at up to £1.5bn more than its privatisation price. …
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