CBS Local Craigslist, eBay won't sell inaugural ticketsThe Hill (blog)Craigslist and eBay have agreed to stop the sale of scalped inaugural tickets, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on Thursday. After it was reported in The Hill last week that the tickets were available for purchase, Schumer publicly urged the web …
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Read More »EBay, Juniper gains lead tech sector’s advance – MarketWatch
EBay, Juniper gains lead tech sector's advanceMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Tech stocks mostly advanced in early trading Thursday, with eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) among the sector leaders on the rise. EBay shares rose more than 3%, to $54.60, after the … More: continued here
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eBay reported a good fourth quarter helped by a strong holiday season. More: continued here
Read More »Postal Service Issues Apples Postcard Stamps
YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Postcards navigating the nation's mail stream will begin to bear four varieties of fruit now that the Postal Service has harvested the 33-cent Apples Postcard stamps.(Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130117/DC44209)Available today in panes of 20 or coils of 100, customers may purchase the stamps now …
Read More »PayPal Helps eBay Cash In on the Surge in Mobile Shopping
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Read More »eBay, Craigslist, to stop Obama inauguration scalpers: Senator
Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer of New York announced Thursday that eBay and Craigslist have promised to try to stop scalpers from making a mint by reselling tickets to President Barack Obama’s inauguration this weekend. “eBay will enforce a policy not to allow these listings on their site, while Craigslist employees …
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HUNDREDS of people marched through Whitstable on Saturday to protest at the closure of the Cromwell Road delivery office now… More: continued here
Read More »Meetings set as USPS rethinks post offices’ hours – Standard Speaker
Standard Speaker Meetings set as USPS rethinks post offices' hoursStandard SpeakerERIC CONOVER/Staff Photographer Dorothy Birosh, center, of Hazleton and her daughter, Susan Pisarek of Philadelphia, have Judy Buff, postmaster at the Harleigh Post Office, check postage for envelopes Wednesday. About 20 rural Luzerne County post …Residents Rallying to Keep Post …
Read More »Residents in Vt. town fight to keep post office
SHEFFIELD, Vt. (AP) — A big turnout is expected at a town hall meeting in Sheffield, Vt., as residents hear about the future of their rural post office. More: continued here
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