Burlingame post office set to move: US Postal Service accepted bid for old …San Mateo Daily JournalThe downtown Burlingame post office could soon be moving to 1100 Howard Ave., the current location of Calico Corners, while the sale of the old location could be announced soon. In a letter dated March 31 to Councilman Jerry…
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) – Carl Icahn backed off calls for eBay Inc to spin out its fast-growing PayPal payments unit on Thursday, after the billionaire investor failed to drum up support from the e-commerce company's major shareholders. Icahn withdrew his two nominees to eBay's board ahead of the company's annual meeting in…
UPDATE 3-Icahn pulls proposal that eBay sell off PayPalReutersEBay said on Thursday that it had settled its proxy fight with the billionaire, who also withdrew his two nominees for the eBay board ahead of the company's annual shareholder meeting next month. In a concession to Icahn, eBay said it would add David … More: continued here
Forbes Icahn backs down from demand that eBay spin off PayPalReutersSAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Carl Icahn backed off calls for eBay Inc to spin out its fast-growing PayPal payments unit on Thursday, after the billionaire investor failed to drum up support from the e-commerce company's major shareholders.Icahn settles with eBay over PayPalCNNMoneyEbay Makes Peace…
eBay, Carl Icahn end warCNETIcahn will withdraw his proposal that the board spin off eBay's PayPal business and that the board appoint two of his choices to the board of directors, eBay said Thursday. In return, eBay will appoint Icahn nominee David Dorman as an independent … More: continued here
Icahn says eBay shareholders resisted PayPal split: CNBCReutersIcahn, who on Thursday backed off a very public campaign against the board of the Internet retailer and his own demands that PayPal be spun off, told CNBC in an interview he had not capitulated and still desired to see an eBay-PayPal split at some point. More: continued…
Ebay and activist investor Carl Icahn settle proxy fightLos Angeles TimesThe two had been embroiled in a public spat over accusations by Icahn that two members of eBay's board of directors had conflicts of interest and that the company had failed to get the full value for Skype, a video chat service, when it was…
Cellphone, other time stamps may be crucial in case involving cousins killed …Press of Atlantic CityCAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The accuracy of the time stamps recorded on a number of text messages, a surveillance video camera and dispatch records may play a crucial role in the case against Lower Township resident Joshua Malmgren. Malmgren…
EBay, Icahn Settle Proxy FightABC NewsIcahn and eBay had been in an acrimonious tussle over PayPal, the e-commerce company's quickly growing mobile payment arm. Icahn, who owns about 2 percent of eBay's shares, said repeatedly the company should spin off all or part of PayPal, while … More: continued here
BBC News Runaway Royal Mail van narrowly misses Lincoln glass-panelled houseBBC NewsA runaway Royal Mail van has narrowly missed hitting a glass-panelled house in Lincoln after it rolled unaccompanied down a steep hill in the city's cultural quarter. The van was being used for a delivery in Michaelgate when it rolled away and crashed …and more »…