Audit: State needs eBay-style auctions for surplus goods – WRAL.com

Audit: State needs eBay-style auctions for surplus goodsWRAL.comRaleigh, N.C. — North Carolina is losing money by using sealed-bid auctions to dispose of surplus materials and should look into holding eBay-style auctions to create bidding wars to generate more revenue, according to a state audit released Wednesday.Audit finds N.C. losing money …

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Royal Mail and CWU extend deadline for pay agreement

Britain's newly privatised Royal Mail postal service said talks over pay and working conditions with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) had been extended by a week. Last month Royal Mail staff called off a planned strike after both parties committed to finalising an agreement by November 13, which would include …

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Is eBay the Wal-Mart of Online Retail? – DailyFinance

Is eBay the Wal-Mart of Online Retail?DailyFinanceeBay is now in a very similar position. The auction site works on the fringes of the online retail world; it doesn't try to compete head on with Amazon.com. Instead, eBay goes after markets Amazon.com ignores or pays less attention to: small business …and …

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