SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – EBay Inc is testing a same-day delivery service with big retailers including Target Corp, Best Buy Co and Toys "R" Us Inc, as the world's largest online marketplace steps up competition with rival Amazon.com Inc. EBay introduced eBay Now, a mobile application, to some eBay members …
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Fife Today Murray medal marked by gold postboxFife TodayRoyal Mail will be painting one of its red postboxes gold to celebrate every Team GB and ParalympicsGB gold medal win. The boxes will remain in use and customers will be able to post mail in them as normal. The boxes will …
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Lady Bird Johnson to be honored by USPS with new Forever stampAustin American-Statesman (blog)The new Forever Stamp honoring Mrs. Johnson — who was married to the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson — will feature her official White House portrait, as well as the artwork of stamps …
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Gizmodo UK Royal Mail Paints Wrong Postbox GoldGizmodo UKTeam GB has had a bit of a gold rush recently with medals coming left, right and centre; something which is keeping Royal Mail busy, as they're painting a postbox in each athlete's hometown gold. But it seems Royal Mail got a …
Read More »High Beta Tech is Acting Better – GOOG, LNKD, PCLN, FB, EBAY, IBM, QCOM … – Wall Street Pit
High Beta Tech is Acting Better – GOOG, LNKD, PCLN, FB, EBAY, IBM, QCOM …Wall Street PitMarkets closed out a very interesting week near the highs even after the constant flow of announcements and events out of the Fed and ECB. It caught a lot of bears by surprise and …
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A carbon monoxide incident at the main post office in Baltimore has caused an evacuation of the building and led to possible injuries. More: continued here
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3G.co.uk Talk of a Sept. 12 iPhone launch triggers trade-in flurryComputerworldIn the three days following the news, eBay's Instant Sales generated 100000 trade-in offers, with the 16GB iPhone 4S the most frequently jettisoned model. On Sunday, Instant Sale quoted $299 for a 16GB iPhone 4S able to connect to AT&T's …
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Eight people taken to area hospitals A carbon monoxide incident has closed an annex at Baltimore City's Main Post Office and sent at least eight people to area hospitals. Fire crews responded shortly before 9 a.m. to the building in the heart of downtown. Emergency personnel were evaluating about 60 …
Read More »Russian opposition leader Navalny says his office bugged – Washington Post
Russian opposition leader Navalny says his office buggedWashington PostMOSCOW — Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has discovered a listening device in his office in central Moscow. Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics and a driving force behind last winter's mass protests, posted a …and more » More: …
Read More »Carbon monoxide leak at Baltimore post office – Fox News
WBAL Radio Carbon monoxide leak at Baltimore post officeFox NewsFire department spokesman Kevin Cartwright says two people were taken to hospitals from the main post office complex and a total of 58 were evaluated at the scene, including the two that were transported. He says elevated carbon monoxide levels were …
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