Ebay Acquires Shutl, A Same–Day Delivery Startup

The e–commerce powerhouse eBay announced today that it had acquired the U.K.–based same–day delivery startup Shutl, which over the past year had been expanding further into major U.S. markets. EBay's purchase would likely give the company the infrastructure it needs to expand and fortify its oft–criticized same–day delivery initiative eBay …

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Woman crashes car into Linda Vista post office – 10News

10News Woman crashes car into Linda Vista post office10NewsSAN DIEGO – A woman lost control of her station wagon while driving through Linda Vista Tuesday, sending it crashing into a post office, authorities said, but no injuries were reported. The vehicle veered off the roadway in the 2100 block of …

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Osborne defends Royal Mail sale price – Arab News

Telegraph.co.uk Osborne defends Royal Mail sale priceArab NewsGeorge Osborne, speaking at a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event, also said he was “a couple of weeks” away from deciding whether to split up state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland and rejected criticism that the government sold Royal Mail too cheaply.Osborne says growth alone …

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Hedge fund becomes leading Royal Mail investor – BBC News

Telegraph.co.uk Hedge fund becomes leading Royal Mail investorBBC NewsA UK hedge fund has become the biggest shareholder of Royal Mail after the British government. The Children's Investment Fund (TCI) has bought a 5.8% stake in Royal Mail worth £286m ($462m). TCI is considered to be an activist investor which means …

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Food stamp cuts to hit 3.6 million Floridians – Orlando Sentinel

WWAY NewsChannel 3 Food stamp cuts to hit 3.6 million FloridiansOrlando SentinelThe initial reduction in food-stamp benefits — known as SNAP for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — is the result of an end to federal stimulus spending passed in 2009 to boost the economy during the Great Recession. Though …

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