Bid on TV Tickets, Set Visits and Other Emmy-Related SwagWiredWhat would you give to rub elbows with Sheldon Cooper and his Big Bang Theory cohorts? That's just one of the many options up for grabs in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Primetime Emmy Season Online Auction. That …
Read More »Simpsons Not A Big Seller For U.S. Postal Service
The post office is stuck with hundreds of millions of stamps bearing the likeness of Homer Simpson. The service predicted the stamps would be twice as popular as Elvis Presley. One billion stamps were printed, and Bloomberg reports only 318 million have been sold. More: continued here
Read More »Amazon.com’s Anti-Counterfeiting Efforts Blessed by California Appellate Court – Forbes
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Read More »Prince Harry’s Las Vegas hotel bill ‘waived’ by billionaire resort owner – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Prince Harry's Las Vegas hotel bill 'waived' by billionaire resort ownerDaily MailBillionaire Steve Wynn, who owns the resort and dined with Prince Harry at the hotel's SW Steakhouse back in November 2011, reportedly ordered that the royal party would not have to pay for anything during their stay. …
Read More »Post office cutbacks receive OK from Postal Regulatory Commission – Federal Times (blog)
Post office cutbacks receive OK from Postal Regulatory CommissionFederal Times (blog)In an advisory opinion released today, the five-member Postal Regulatory Commission said that the Post Office Structure Plan, or POStPlan, makes sense from a public policy perspective, but added a few recommendations, such as giving local customers a … More: …
Read More »eBay UK Runs Free-Listing Promotion over the Bank Holiday – EcommerceBytes
EcommerceBytes eBay UK Runs Free-Listing Promotion over the Bank HolidayEcommerceByteseBay UK is running a free-listing promotion over the Bank Holiday weekend. For 3 days, from August 25 – 27, 2012, private (casual) sellers will pay no insertion fees for up to 100 auction listings. eBay UK typically runs promotions for …
Read More »Fairfield Post Office closes Saturday; new site opens Monday – Fairfield Citizen
Fairfield Post Office closes Saturday; new site opens MondayFairfield CitizenFairfield's downtown U.S. Post Office will close its doors at 1 p.m. Saturday at its longtime 1262 Post Road location and reopen Monday in a new storefront a few doors away at 1300 Post Road, next to 16 Handles frozen yogurt …
Read More »PayPal In Retail Stores Will Shoot eBay Higher – Seeking Alpha
Sydney Morning Herald PayPal In Retail Stores Will Shoot eBay HigherSeeking AlphaWith this recent news, eBay's reaches are no longer limited to the internet. The deal allows customers to pay with PayPal in any retail store nationwide that uses Discover, which amounts to over 7 million stores. PayPal currently has …
Read More »Post office embezzler granted probation
After promising that she would “never be in here again,” a Zanesville woman was sentenced in federal court yesterday to three years on probation for embezzling from the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here
Read More »Earnings Forecast Reports: Dell, Microsoft, eBay, Sunrise Senior Living, Cemex … – Sacramento Bee
ValueWalk Earnings Forecast Reports: Dell, Microsoft, eBay, Sunrise Senior Living, Cemex …Sacramento BeeVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 23, 2012 — /PRNewswire-Asia/ — EarningForecast.com has issued consensus earnings forecast reports and Equity Research for the following companies: Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), eBay…Use a Covered Call to Bid on eBayInvestorplace.comPost-Market Update: HPQ, FB, …
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