The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage. NEW YORK (Trefis) — Square, the innovative payment tool for small businesses, is processing over $4 billion in payments per year. That is exactly …
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TheStreet.com eBay's Pay Pal to Launch Mobile Payment ToolTheStreet.comThat is exactly the same as PayPal's own $4 billion in mobile payment volume in 2011, and eBay(EBAY) seems to be fast realizing that it needs a similar product that serves not just large stores but smaller merchants as well. It's no …
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BALCONY Co-Chair: "Food Stamps and Fingerprints A Bad Combination"ReadMedia (press release)by Robert M. Hayes NEW YORK, NY (03/14/2012)(readMedia)– It is unconscionable that some 30% of New York's eligible, working families are not signed up for food stamps, largely because they don't want to submit to the stigmatizing process of being …
Read More »eBay Virtual Garage Pimps a Million Rides
eBay's personalized shopping service My Vehicles now has more than 1 million registered vehicles. The service originally rolled out to users in the summer of 2011, and eBay plans to announce that it has surpassed the one million mark later today. More: continued here
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Riley County police say a sweep of the Manhattan post office Tuesday did not turn up anything suspicious. The search of the building was prompted by a bomb threat that was called in to the police department. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Coupon Codes Released on Dedicated Coupon Feed on CouponScratch.com – Houston Chronicle
eBay Coupon Codes Released on Dedicated Coupon Feed on CouponScratch.comHouston ChronicleCouponScratch.com recently announced the launch of a exclusive coupon feed page on its website dedicated to eBay coupon codes. Users will enjoy the best deals for Ebay auction shoppers, with average savings of $20 expected CouponScratch.com recently … More: continued …
Read More »Days Gone By 1912: FIRE BURNS MM LORING’S STORE, POST OFFICE – Park Rapids Enterprise
Days Gone By 1912: FIRE BURNS MM LORING'S STORE, POST OFFICEPark Rapids Enterprise18, 1912 Fire last week at Hubbard: MM Loring's store, post office burn On Thursday last the store and post office owned by MM Loring was burned. Excerpts taken from the Park Rapids Enterprise. These entries are taken …
Read More »EBay’s PayPal Restricts Accounts Used in March Madness Betting – Bloomberg
Bloomberg EBay's PayPal Restricts Accounts Used in March Madness BettingBloombergEBay Inc. (EBAY)'s PayPal has begun restricting accounts of people it suspects of using the payment service to place bets on National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball championship tournament. PayPal has sent alerts to some users who have used …EBAY INC : …
Read More »Congress’s war on the post office – Salon
Salon Congress's war on the post officeSalonThe Postal Service also proposes to shutter thousands of post offices. “Under the existing laws, the overall financial situation for the Postal Service is poor,” says CFO Joe Corbett. Republicans have been more dire, and none more so than Oversight … More: continued here
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After a stopgap measure last year, Congress will once again debate whether the United States Postal Service as we know it can survive. The better question is: Will Congress let it? The U.S. Postal Service is at risk of defaulting on healthcare obligations or exceeding its debt limit by the …
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