Belfast Telegraph Royal Mail sale gets under wayBelfast TelegraphCity firms will scoop fees of £50m, split between those advising the Government and the Royal Mail group. Many of the banks being paid directly by the state to handle the flotation are foreign: UBS and Goldman Sachs are lead advisers, with Barclays …Royal Mail privatisation oversubscribed…
Retail stockbrokers report being deluged with enquiries from private investors and with demand already reaching unexpected highs, sources said private individuals would end up with almost a third of the shares being issued. More: continued here
eBay Claims it Won't Share Customer Info With NSA, Acquires Braintree for $800 …BustleRest assured, eBayers: The National Security Administration (NSA) isn't going to know about your Beanie Baby-buying habit, even if eBay is set to add another way to collect customer data. The e-commerce giant announced Thursday that it will be … More: continued…
eBay: We don't share customer data with NSALas Vegas SunCalifornia-based eBay Inc. wasn't named in documents Snowden provided to several newspapers, but German privacy commissioner Peter Schaar said last month he was certain that information collected on eBay users ended up with the NSA. The president …and more » More: continued here
eBay Effectively Forces Sellers to Accept ReturnsEcommerceBytes (blog)What he didn't admit is the system has been cooked such that if you don't do *everything* eBay says you are not shown in search. Your item might be: – The lowest price of that item available. – In the best condition. Perfect condition. – It might be…
Trading stamps were once the rageThe Newark AdvocateTrading stamps were around for quite some time, and just about everyone can find something in their home “purchased” with trading stamps. The idea was started by the Sperry and Hutchinson Co. in the late 1930s; therefore, the first stamps were S&H …and more » More: continued here
Hunterdon Old Ink: Pattenburg post office closes its doorsHunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com1873. NO VACANCY — The rush of visitors to the Flemington Fair last week was so great that our hotels and boarding houses were unable to provide lodging for scores of applicants. Consequently, many were compelled to sleep about on door steps or…
By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday refused eBay's (EBAY.O) attempt to dismiss a U.S. Department of Justice civil lawsuit over its alleged agreement with Intuit to refrain from … More: continued here
Urging More Senior Citizens To Apply for Food StampsWGRZ-TVBuffalo, NY – Erie County is teaming up with the United Way and the AARP to urge more senior citizens to sign up for the Federal SNAP program. That's the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program which used to be known as food stamps. A new study from …and more »…
Biz Break: eBay boosts PayPal's mobile efforts with $800 million acquisition …Milpitas PostToday: eBay (EBAY) agrees to pay $800 million in cash for Braintree, a payments company with a strong mobile focus meant to help its PayPal brand. Also: Facebook and Yahoo (YHOO) pass new stock milestones on a good day for tech companies on…