eBay Takes Price Wars To Amazon: Who Wins?Seeking AlphaeBay is prepared to take the price wars battle to the master, Amazon, in what could mark the beginning of a pricing crises for the rest of the year. Amazon has a reputation of robbing other retailers off customers with its aggressive …
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Its latest results were a surprising disappointment. But the cost-cutting measures it’s taking now should pay off down the road. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office staff to strike at Easter over closures, jobs and pay
Members of the Communication Workers Union will walk out for 24 hours on Easter Saturday More: continued here
Read More »Post Office counter staff will go on strike on Easter Saturday – The Guardian
The Guardian Post Office counter staff will go on strike on Easter SaturdayThe GuardianWorkers at hundreds of Crown Post Offices are to strike on Easter Saturday in a dispute over closures, jobs and pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union will walk out for 24 hours after backing industrial action …
Read More »Post Office workers to strike at Easter
Thousands of Post Office workers are preparing to strike on Easter Saturday in a dispute of over pay, conditions and job security. Over 4,000 staff, working at 373 Crown offices , are set to walk out after voting 88 percent in favour of strikes on a 73 percent turnout. More: …
Read More »EBay getting kudos for new sellers’ fees – MarketWatch
EBay getting kudos for new sellers' feesMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Fresh off a revamp designed to make it easier for sellers to navigate, eBay Inc. is getting largely upbeat reaction to changes in how it charges sellers to list products with the online marketplace. The changes include … More: continued …
Read More »Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts: We must cut food stamps to save them – The Idaho Statesman
The Idaho Statesman Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts: We must cut food stamps to save themThe Idaho StatesmanMore information About 939,000 Missouri residents receive food stamps, or one in every seven people in the state, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington think tank. In Kansas, that …
Read More »P/E Means Price Is Expensive For Ebay Inc. (EBAY) – iStockAnalyst (press release)
P/E Means Price Is Expensive For Ebay Inc. (EBAY)iStockAnalyst (press release)(By Rich Bieglmeier) Although eBay Inc. (EBAY) managed to swim against the stream of selling on Thursday, March 21, 2013, iStock thinks the NASDAQ 100 member is an underweight. A long time market axiom is "earnings are the mother's milk …
Read More »Thousands of Post Office workers set to strike on Easter Saturday
THE industrial action is over plans to close or franchise more than 70 Crown Post Offices – as well as over jobs and levels of pay. More: continued here
Read More »United State Postal Service tries to parcel out old post offices
Developers who bought Reno’s historic downtown post office want to turn the art-deco building into a retail center. / Marilyn Newton/USA Today • Of the 31,300 United States Postal Service branches around the nation, about 8,900 are owned by the government while the rest are leased. More: continued here
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