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The Guardian Royal Mail workers vote in favour of strike following privatisationThe GuardianRoyal Mail workers have voted 4-1 in favour of strike action over pay and conditions and the privatisation of the 500-year-old postal service. More than 100,000 postal workers will walk out on a 24-hour strike on 4 November …

Herald Scotland Postal workers to stage one-day strike after privatisation of Royal MailHerald Scotland"What we want is a ground-breaking, long-term, legally binding agreement that not only protects postal workers' job security, pay and pensions, but will also determine the strategy, principles and values of how the Royal Mail Group will …

eBay's Q3: Earnings beat estimates but Q4 forecast looks weakZDNeteBay reported third quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, and the report was saved by revenue increases across the portfolio. Collectively, the online retail giant reported a net income of $689 million, or 53 cents per share (statement). Non … …

EBay Putting Its Faith in PayPalBloombergThis is one of the things you have to had line with this, because if there is an argument out there based on some of the headlines that this holiday shopping season, ebay has its work cut out first as a player like amazon, maybe …

Opposing Views As Foreign Aid Flows Amid Shutdown, Obama USDA to Stop Food StampsThe New AmericanThe Obama administration's Department of Agriculture (USDA), however, sent a letter to states apparently ordering them to cut off food stamps for Americans by November 1, pending further notice. A welfare program for women, children, …

eBay stock falls after earnings reportSan Jose Mercury NewsLOS ANGELES — eBay (EBAY) said the growth rate of e-commerce in the U.S. is slowing as it delivered a weaker than expected profit and revenue outlook for the current quarter through December. The company's third-quarter earnings edged past analysts' … More: continued …

POSTAL workers have voted for a one day strike over issues linked to the controversial privatisation of Royal Mail. More: continued here

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Workers at newly privatised Royal Mail vote for strike actionFinancial TimesPostal workers at Royal Mail will stage a one-day national strike at the start of November if no solution is found to a dispute over pay, pensions and job security, the Communication Workers Union announced on Wednesday. The CWU said …

Greenwald's backer: eBay founderPolitico (blog)Omidyar currently serves as chairman of the board at eBay Inc and oversees various media, business and philanthropic through the Omidyar Network, including a Hawaii-based news site Honolulu Civil Beat and an investment group called Democracy Fund. More: continued here