eBay Files Patent Application for Bitcoin Currency ExchangerEcommerceBytes (blog)I haven't been guest blogging here at Julia's AuctionBytes since I've caught the Bitcoin bug. However there are times that eBay and Bitcoin intersect. In fact, my first Bitcoin article, "How PayPal Almost Liberated Cyprus," was for AuctionBytes and …and more » More: …
Read More »Postal workers to strike Monday
Post office employees are holding a one-day strike to protest 130 layoffs. More: continued here
Read More »Eyeing Expansion In The BRICs, eBay Doubles Down On Machine Learning … – TechCrunch
Eyeing Expansion In The BRICs, eBay Doubles Down On Machine Learning …TechCrunchIn 2013, eBay announced a big focus on growth in emerging markets for its marketplace, in particular, Russia, Brazil and China. Some of this growth can be enabled through localization, but the marketplace has tested a more technical approach …
Read More »Robert Swan, SVP, Finance and CFO, eBay Inc., Receives 2014 Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award
The Independent Selection Panel of the Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards announced today eBay Inc.'s Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Robert Swan, was named as the recipient of … More: continued here
Read More »US Postal Service pays $180000 for unopened post office – Scranton Times-Tribune
US Postal Service pays $180000 for unopened post officeScranton Times-TribuneSOUTH ABINGTON TWP. – The U.S. Postal Service has spent about $180,000 since June 1, 2008, to lease space for a Chinchilla Post Office that's yet to open. The Postal Service pays Brian McCarthy Family LTD $30,916.87 annually to lease a …Hazleton's …
Read More »Haley wants to link food stamps to jobs – The Augusta Chronicle
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com Haley wants to link food stamps to jobsThe Augusta ChronicleCOLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley will not support an earlier proposal to keep food stamp recipients from buying junk food, instead backing an idea requiring people in three counties to show they are working or looking for …
Read More »Quillian, Stamps Saw the Way to a Better Future – Lynchburg News and Advance
Quillian, Stamps Saw the Way to a Better FutureLynchburg News and AdvanceBut Bill Quillian and Garnell Stamps, who died just days apart from each other on March 4 and Feb. 28, respectively, had two important things in common: a love of justice and an overpowering sense of duty to do …
Read More »Normal Post Office mural dates to Great Depression – Bloomington Pantagraph
Normal Post Office mural dates to Great DepressionBloomington PantagraphContrary to popular understanding, the Pels mural was not a product of the Works Progress Administration (though the 1936 post office in which it resides is!) Instead, the mural came from the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture.and more » More: …
Read More »SC Gov. Haley wants to link food stamps to jobs – Aiken Standard
SC Gov. Haley wants to link food stamps to jobsAiken StandardCOLUMBIA (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley will not support an earlier proposal to keep food stamp recipients from buying junk food, instead backing an idea requiring people in three counties to show they are working or looking for a job …
Read More »Royal Mail in Chard praised for helping £30 reach rightful destination – This is The West Country
This is The West Country Royal Mail in Chard praised for helping £30 reach rightful destinationThis is The West CountryMONEY bound for worthwhile causes reached its intended destination – after taking a longer route than intended. Chard Rotarian Tony Burkhardt was waiting for the rain to stop on a particularly …
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