EBay asks shareholders to reject Icahn nomineesSilicon Valley Business JournalEBay Inc. rejected two nominees to its board who were backed by Carl Icahn in the latest chapter in the protracted fight between the online retailer and the activist investor, according to the Wall Street Journal. San Jose-based eBay said it …
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After eBay (EBAY) released the results of its quarterly earnings in late January this year, the company disclosed that Carl Icahn had proposed a spinoff of Paypal from eBay. More: continued here
Read More »Lloyds selloff must learn from the Royal Mail privatisation fisaco – MoneyWeek
Lloyds selloff must learn from the Royal Mail privatisation fisacoMoneyWeekThe fiasco of last year's giveaway privatisation of Royal Mail is the catalyst for both the delay and the hardball tactics towards the City. Royal Mail's shares rose 38% on the first day of trading (the average first-day gain for all …
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EBay Inc. CEO John J. Donahoe’s total compensation for 2013 plunged 53 percent compared with 2012, when the e-commerce company gave its leader more than $23 million in stock awards. MoreHere's An Updated Tally Of All The People Who Have Ever Died From A Marijuana Overdose Huffington PostThese Disturbing Fast …
Read More »Icahn’s War of Words With eBay – New York Times
New York Times Icahn's War of Words With eBayNew York TimesMr. Icahn asserts that eBay's decision to sell Skype in 2009 for $2.75 billion to a group of investors that included Mr. Andreessen's venture capital firm represented a conflict and a breach of duty to shareholders. Mr. Andreessen fired back …
Read More »Lloyds selloff must learn from the Royal Mail privatisation fisaco
The Lloyds Bank selloff is a chance to demonstrate that after 30 years, the government can do a privatisation properly, says James Lewisohn. The post Lloyds selloff must learn from the Royal Mail privatisation fisaco was first published on MoneyWeek . More: continued here
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WWMT-TV Facebook birthday boy Colin surprised by more than 78K packagesWZZMColin was all smiles and in awe of the carts and carts packed with birthday letters and packages that were piled inside the post office in Richland, a small town between Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. "This is huge!" Colin said, …
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Royal Mail collection policy earns criticismThe Courier“However, by about 50 yards, the office is in DD1 and Royal Mail's official position is that it will not redeliver DD2 mail there. Equally, the Blackness Road post office would be a useful redelivery office for many DD2 residents, but again, by the …
Read More »Rabbitte: Post offices need to innovate to ensure their survival
The Minister was speaking this afternoon in the Dáil, where he stressed that closing post offices is not an aim of government. More: continued here
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