In northern Arkansas, people whose post offices are on a list of more than 3,600 being considered for closing have mounted campaigns to defend their communities’ lifelines. More: continued here
Atherstone post office staff locked in cupboard in raidBBC NewsMembers of staff have been locked in a cupboard during an armed robbery at a Warwickshire post office. Three people wearing balaclavas entered the Long Street Co-op store in Atherstone, where the post office is located, at about 16:15 GMT on Tuesday. …Appeal For Witnesses To…
A case of a mistaken counterfeit leaves woman without cash or the pre-WWII item More: continued here
US HOT STOCKS: Yahoo, EBay, Ford, Ventas, Netflix, Liz ClaiborneWall Street Journal (India)Yahoo ($15.89, -$0.40, -2.46%) hired Scott Thompson, the 54-year-old president of eBay's ($30.11, -$1.23, -3.92%) PayPal electronic payments unit, as its new chief executive, signaling it is determined to attract technology executives and computer …and more » More: continued here
NSI to probe black money invested in post office savings schemesTimes of IndiaNAGPUR: With the government tracing black money flowing even into small savings schemes, post offices offering these plans are also coming under the lens of probe agencies. National Savings Institute, which is headquartered in the city, markets these …and more » More: continued here
Wilt Stamp Takes Lickin', Keeps Tickin'NBA.com (blog)The Dipper's Herculean feats and outsized personality seemed ripe for him to be honored by casual fans and the culture at large, and what better way than to put his image on a first-class US postal stamp? That was the passion that moved Donald Hunt, … More: continued here
TheStreet.com Unwanted Gifts? Try eBay Instant SaleTheStreet.comOnline auction giant eBay(EBAY) has a site dedicated to buying electronic gadgets from consumers directly without a receipt, and will even accept late model devices you may have thought were "unreturnable." The site, called eBay Instant Sale, … More: continued here
Did Yahoo swipe eBay's growth engine?MarketWatch (blog)Shares of eBay EBAY slipped about 3.5% by late-morning trades to $30.23. The stock had benefitted from a post-Thanksgiving boost that added about 11% before Wednesday's action, though the shares have largely been range-bound in the low $30s for much of …and more » More: continued here
All Things Digital eBay's John Donahoe Expresses “Shock” on Executive's Departure to Yahoo …All Things DigitalThompson, who is currently in charge of one of eBay's fastest-growing divisions, PayPal, will start at Yahoo next week. This morning, we got our hands on the internal memo that eBay's CEO John Donahoe sent out to the troops. …Yahoo…
A Muskegon man is in the Ottawa County Jail today awaiting weapons charges after he and another man caused the Grand Haven Post Office to close briefly Tuesday afternoon. More: continued here