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A step-by-step guide to profiting off a 3-cent hike on US postage stampsQuartzYesterday, the US Postal Service (USPS) made a strange announcement: anybody who wants to turn a quick profit at its expense will have an opportunity to do so come January. What it actually said is that on January …

MiamiHerald.com eBay denies sharing customer info with NSASan Jose Mercury NewsBERLIN — Online retail giant eBay (EBAY) believes offering each shopper a unique store tailored to their personal tastes and interests is the future of the $10 trillion global commerce market. But even as eBay asks users to tell them …

Here And Now Panera CEO Takes The Food Stamps ChallengeHere And NowPanera CEO Takes The Food Stamps Challenge. /. mute unmute. Panera founder and co-CEO Ron Shaich works the register at Panera Cares in Boston. (Kevin Sullivan/Here & Now). Ron Shaich, the CEO and founder of Panera Bread lived on …

By Chandni Doulatramani (Reuters) – Ebay Inc will buy payment gateway Braintree for about $800 million to strengthen its PayPal unit's presence on mobile devices and take out a rapidly growing rival. PayPal, the dominant online provider of payment services, has been trying to fend off a clutch of fast-rising …

Washington Post More Expensive Stamps Won't Save the Post OfficeTIMEThe U.S. Postal Service is requesting a postal rate hike that would generate $2 billion annually. That sounds like a lot of money – until you realize how deep the U.S.P.S. is in the hole. On Thursday, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe …

Eleven years after it acquired the online payment platform PayPal, the e-commerce site eBay is acquiring Braintree, an upstart internet and mobile payment processing service used by websites like Airbnb … More: continued here

EBay to bolster PayPal business with $800 mln acquisitionReutersSept 26 (Reuters) – EBay Inc said it would buy payment platform Braintree for about $800 million in cash to add to its PayPal business. Braintree will continue to operate as a separate service within PayPal led by Braintree's Chief Executive Bill …

EBay To Buy Payments Firm Braintree To Beef Up PayPalInvestor’s Business DailyEBay (EBAY) announced Thursday that it's agreed to acquire Braintree, a rival to its PayPal unit in mobile payments, for $800 million in cash. The acquisition's expected to close late this year, pending regulatory approval. The deal, which was …

San Francisco (AFP) – Online retailer eBay announced Thursday it would acquire the mobile payments platform Braintree for $800 million in cash. More: continued here

NEW YORK (AP) — E-commerce giant eBay Inc. reached a deal to buy online and mobile payments technology provider Braintree for $800 million in cash. More: continued here