Moneycontrol.com Yahoo's Gain Is eBay's LossNew York Times (blog)By NICOLE PERLROTH | January 4, 2012, 2:30 pm PayPal has been eBay's main growth driver since Mr. Thompson took PayPal's helm in 2008. Under his leadership, PayPal expanded its user base to 104 million active users from 50 million, increased its …EBay Stock a "Buy It…
More Royal Mail services to become subject to VAT in April 2012TameBayby Dan Wilson The price of using numerous Royal Mail services will rise in April 2012 when changes to the VAT law come into effect. Some Royal Mail services became subject to VAT in 2011, but from April all bulk mail services will attract…
Dow average ekes out a 21-point advance a day after big rally; a strong …Washington PostYahoo Inc. fell 3.1 percent after the company named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal division, as CEO — its fourth in five years. Yahoo has been without a permanent CEO since firing Carol Bartz in September. EBay fell…
HNN Huntingtonnews.net Rahall Says Postal Service Must “Go Back to the Drawing Board” on Post Office…HNN Huntingtonnews.net“The Postal Regulatory Commission was blunt in its assessment of the Postal Service's closure process – citing unreasonable assumptions about cost savings and an insufficient focus on the needs of communities where post offices are proposed to be …Rahall…
Number of North Dakotans using food stamps dropsCanadianBusiness.comBy AP | January 04, 2012 BISMARCK, ND (AP) — The number of North Dakotans using food stamps to buy groceries dropped 2 percent in the last month of fiscal 2011, while the state's population swelled to an all-time high spurred by a hardy economy. …Official: Number of…
Stocks Open Quietly Lower; eBay Tumbles, Team ClimbsInvestor’s Business DailyE-commerce giant eBay (EBAY) slumped more than 5%, hauling the Nasdaq 100 lower. The loss follows Yahoo's (YHOO) announcement that it would name Scott Thompson as its new chief executive. Thompson had been president of eBay's online payments unit, …Technology Business: SOPA Strike, Yahoo's New CEOWall…
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New York Times (blog) EBay shares fall on word PayPal chief is leavingCNBC.comNEW YORK – Shares of eBay Inc. fell Wednesday after the president of its PayPal business, Scott Thompson, was named CEO of struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. THE SPARK: Thompson starts at Yahoo on Jan. 9, replacing Carol Bartz, who was dismissed in…
When Scott Thompson starts his new job as Yahoo’s CEO Monday, he’ll leave his post as the head of eBay’s payment division, PayPal. An internal memo sent to PayPal employees suggests he has caught eBay off guard with his departure. More: continued here
Daily Mail PayPal makes eBay customer destroy $2500 violin, seller left empty handedCBS News(CBS) – Here's a heartbreaking case of botched communication, thanks to an eBay customer and PayPal policy. I sold an old French violin to a buyer in Canada, and the buyer disputed the label. This is not uncommon. In the violin market,…