Moneycontrol.com US STOCKS-Data, eBay earnings lift Wall Street to 5-year highReutersEBay gains after results beat expectations. * Bank of America, Citigroup results weigh on financials. * Indexes up: S&P 0.61 pct, Dow 0.56 pct, Nasdaq 0.55 pct. By Chuck Mikolajczak. NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Thursday, with the S …US…
Heather Rogers, 63, hasn't received regular mail since October because pigeon droppings have made it 'too slippery' for postal staff to deliver to her home in Helston, Cornwall. More: continued here
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Wall Street Journal PayPal pays off for eBay investorsCNNMoneyeBay credits the growing success of PayPal, which recorded a 250% surge in mobile payment volume in 2012 to nearly $14 billion as more consumers used mobile devices to satisfy their shopping appetites. In fact, PayPal ended the year with roughly 123 …EBay finds mobile is the…
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Daily Mail Royal Mail postmen refuse to deliver letters to woman's home because they are …Daily MailThe frustrated resident has been told by Royal Mail that the amount of bird waste in an alleyway leading to her house in Cornwall is a health and safety risk. Mrs Rogers noticed the issue when BT rang her…
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Police bust 3 men drinking beer in post office lobbyKMOV.comAccording to a police report, 44-year-old James Tully, 43-year-old Gregory Parker and 61-year-old Earl Allen were all found inside the lobby of the United States Post Office on Highland Avenue drinking beer. This is not the first time the three men … More: continued here
EBay's 4Q performance caps company's best year yetSan Francisco ChronicleSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — EBay finished last year with a flourish as bargain-hunting holiday shoppers flocked to its Internet shopping mall and digital payment service to help lift the company's fourth-quarter earnings above analyst projections. The … More: continued here
Ars Technica eBay fraud and me: My absolutely ridiculous experienceArs TechnicaApproximately one month ago, I received a notice from eBay UK saying I had won an auction for 500 LED lights at a cost of US$13,000. At first I thought it was some ridiculous phishing attempt, but the e-mail referenced my name. Checking out the…