Post office offers passport service

With spring break coming up in a few months, passport season is getting into full swing. Students seeking passports can now get them processed through the Appalachian State University Post Office. This process, which was initiated June 2009, came to fruition in September and has turned into a new profit …

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eBay’s Beat: Morning Tech Bytes

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — eBay rose 2.5% in pre-market trading Thursday to $29.84, as the e-commerce giant topped Wall Street’s fourth quarter earnings expectations. eBay generated $559 million, or 42 cents a share, compared with $1.36 billion, or $1.02 a share in the year-ago period. Excluding costs related to the …

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EBay sales soar to new record

John Donahoe took the helm at eBay at the start of 2008, just as the company unveiled a slew of changes to the decade-old online marketplace. A major revamp of eBay’s fee structure and feedback policy was meant to shore up market share, but veteran sellers were furious and threatened …

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