Former PayPal Exec: Here's Why PayPal Should Split From eBayBusiness InsidereBay is very against spinning off PayPal because PayPal is the big money-maker for the company. But as Yammer CEO and ex-PayPal COO David Sacks told Bloomberg, eBay could focus more on its own growth problems if it didn't have …
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abc7news.com USPS raising price of stamps this weekendabc7news.comFILE – In this Dec. 5, 2011, photo, a customer places first class stamps on envelopes at a U.S. Post Office in San Jose, Calif. It'll cost another penny to mail a letter in 2013. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that …
Read More »Pittsburgh native designs Love stamp for post office – Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh native designs Love stamp for post officeTribune-ReviewCassetti, a Pittsburgh native and Carnegie Mellon University alumna, has designed the 2014 Love stamp for the U.S. Postal Service. “This is one of those bucket list things to do,” says Cassetti, an Ellis School graduate who now lives in upstate New York. …
Read More »Royal Mail performance boosted by strong parcel demand over Christmas – The Guardian
Royal Mail performance boosted by strong parcel demand over ChristmasThe GuardianRoyal Mail floated on the stock market in October in the biggest privatisation for many years. The sale has been criticised as short-changing the taxpayer after the shares surged far beyond the float price. Royal Mail shares rose in early …
Read More »Super rare NES game hits eBay, current high bid is $5500 – GameSpot
Super rare NES game hits eBay, current high bid is $5500GameSpotAn extremely rare NES game has attracted bids of over $5,000 through a new eBay auction. Only 116 copies of Nintendo World Championships were manufactured and were distributed in 1990 only to winners of a special competition. The game is …
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Read More »3 Reasons an eBay-PayPal Spinoff Doesn’t Make Sense – Motley Fool
3 Reasons an eBay-PayPal Spinoff Doesn't Make SenseMotley FoolShares of eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY ) jumped this week after the company reported fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year earnings after the bell on Wednesday. However, the move had more to do with activist investor Carl Icahn's recent actions than eBay's… More: continued here
Read More »Online Christmas shopping sees Royal Mail report ‘acceptable’ if ‘unexciting … – This is Money
Online Christmas shopping sees Royal Mail report 'acceptable' if 'unexciting …This is MoneyRoyal Mail said today it handled 115million parcels in December as the newly-privatised delivery firm continues to reap the benefit of the online shopping boom. In a trading update the company said its seasonal workload saw a peak …
Read More »Post Office Raising Stamp Prices – WBKO
The News Ledge Post Office Raising Stamp PricesWBKOThe U.S. Post Office is raising the price of stamps by three cents, from 46 to 49 cents, beginning Sunday. The hike is the largest increase in consumer postage prices in more than a decade. It will affect millions of people, even though …
Read More »Cost Of Stamps Increasing Again – WCTV
Cost Of Stamps Increasing AgainWCTV"I'm still one of those people that sends most correspondence by regular mail and I've been pleased," said Jim Crews. One way to avoid purchasing new stamps each time the prices go up is by buying forever stamps. These stamps can be used anytime no …and more » …
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