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Islington Gazette Boris to rule on housing job after Royal Mail's council complaintBuilding DesignHis latest intervention comes after Mount Pleasant site owner Royal Mail Group wrote to him earlier this month asking him to decide on the 700-home scheme which has been drawn up by AHMM, Allies & Morrison, Feilden …

eBay Now, Local, And The Race To Beat AmazonForbeseBay is out to save it. The enemy of my enemy is friend – or so eBay hopes. eBay began life as a rather drab online auction site that peddles Pez dispensers and the like. But auctions have transformed into 'buy it …

After feds cut food stamps, city pantries go emptyCrain’s New York BusinessNew York City's food pantries and soup kitchens have seen a substantial increase in the number of visitors they serve since the program formerly known as food stamps saw major cuts in November. That influx caused 48% of the …

New York Times Five Reasons eBay Is Unlikely To Spin Off PayPalForbesOn Wednesday after the close, eBay disclosed that Carl Icahn has proposed a spin-off of PayPal from eBay. The initial reaction of the stock market was euphoric, with eBay stock jumping to $61.30 in after-hours trading from its closing …

Anyone expecting a quick spin-off of PayPal will likely be disappointed. Icahn may be in for a protracted battle similar to his stock buyback proposal for Apple. More: continued here

Price of postage stamps to go up SundayOregonLive.comRegulators last month approved a temporary price hike of 3 cents for a first-class stamp, bringing the charge to 49 cents a letter in an effort to help the United States Postal Service recover from severe mail decreases brought on after the 2008 …

[this is part 2, part one of this article can be found HERE, titled: "Life After The 'Everything' Store] More: continued here

Shares of eBay Inc. were downgraded to a hold rating from buy at Stifel on Thursday, and Susquehanna Financial Group cut eBay to a neutral rating from positive. More: continued here

WJLA Food stamps prevalent in VirginiaWJLAAmong the eight regions in the state, only northern Virginia had a lower food stamp rate than the state average of 11.6 percent. Five percent of northern Virginians get food stamp assistance. On the flip side, the participation rate in Southside was …Record 20% of …

The Independent Mount Unpleasant: How the Royal Mail Group will make a fortune from selling …The IndependentLast October, when it was floated with a 3.3bn price tag, property experts pointed out that the valuation of Royal Mail omitted the three substantial development sites it owns in London, which were themselves …