CBC.ca eBay Canada expecting a record number of mobile purchases this season …MobileSyrup.comeBay Canada is predicting that this coming Sunday will be the busiest online shopping day of 2011 in Canada. 500000 Canadians will flock online and buy “nearly two gifts every second”. …eBay Canada expecting half a million shoppers on SundayNational Post (registration)Canadians expected…
BEDFORD PARK, Ill. — Police say a gunman has killed himself inside a suburban Chicago FedEx facility. More: continued here
UK adults trust door-drop vouchers more than online equivalent, new research …printweek.comUK adults trust printed door-drop leaflets or vouchers more than any other medium, according to new Royal Mail research. The findings from a study conducted by FreshMinds revealed that 43% of those surveyed … More: continued here
Royal Mail Smartstamp problems continue to cause eBay seller headachesTameBayAfter a reported upgrade over the weekend to Royal Mail's SmartStamp service, eBay sellers continue to suffer difficulties using PayPal's postage label printing facility. Most say that the error has crippled their selling business for two … More: continued here
Stamps split home and home series with TomahawksBCLocalNewsWilliams Lake's Jared Kohlen opened the scoring first, before Lac La Hache's Robin Gilbert found the twine on Stamps' netminder Duncan Peeman to tie the contest at 1-1. Wilfred Robbins then beat Tomahawks' goaltender Willie Sellars to make it 2-1 … More: continued here
Tanacross post office employee who embezzled money receives probationThe RepublicAP FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A former employee of the Tanacross post office has received probation for embezzling money. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/sD8t85 ) says 38-year-old Donna Tremblay embezzled more than $1000 last year. … More: continued here
Online Retailers Amazon, eBay Get a Jump on "Cyber Monday"Minyanville.comEBay (EBAY) also has redesigned its Daily Deals site for a promotional week of Black Fridays, with free shipping and discounts on major brands, and a prominent tie-in with Toys R Us. By Thanksgiving Day, Cyber Monday will be well under way, …and more » More: continued…
Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Garmin, Hartford Financial Services …Sacramento BeeConsidering that PC giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) wallowed through a shake-up in its front office, replacing CEO Leo Apotheker — after he announced HP would be getting out of its core PC business — with former eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman…
Police are investigating after a man who picked up a package at the Monroe post office felt ill after opening it and tossed it out the window in Trumbull. The man opened the package in the car, began to… More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail Triples First Half Profit to $105 MillionThe Journal of Commerce OnlineThe UK's Royal Mail more than tripled first half earnings to $105 million, as increased profits from its European express unit offset losses on domestic letter deliveries. The state-owned postal company, which is being primed for privatization, …Royal Mail's red letter day…