Supreme Court justices Felix Frankfurter and William Brennan — Washington neighbors and frequent adversaries on the bench — are among four justices being honored on new stamps. More: continued here
Read More »PIMCO founder donates $8 million to Postal Museum (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The National Postal Museum announced it has received the largest donation in its history Tuesday, totaling $8 million in cash to build a new street-level gallery, as well as some of the rarest known stamps worth millions more. More: continued here
Read More »Fake golf club scam ‘cost eBay customers millions’ (Times Online)
A global network of criminals duped eBay customers into buying millions of pounds worth of fake golf clubs in the largest fraud uncovered by the online auction site. More: continued here
Read More »Blur – Gettys Emmy Still Listed On Ebay (ContactMusic)
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has so far been unsuccessful in its efforts to have the Emmy that Estelle Getty won in 1988 for Golden Girls removed from eBay…. More: continued here
Read More »Academy Works to Remove Estelle Getty’s Emmy from eBay (seattlepi.com)
The television academy has taken steps to remove Estelle Getty’s 1988 Emmy from eBay, where it popped up last week. More: continued here
Read More »Apple, eBay, other online vendors face encryption lawsuit (MacNN)
Apple and eBay are among many online retailers named in a new patent infringement lawsuit, reports say. Filed by TQP Development, the suit alleges that the defendants are violating a 14-year-old patent, titled Encrypted Data Transmission System Employing Means for Randomly Altering the Encryption Keys. The company uses the specific …
Read More »Former eBay chief Whitman to run for California governor (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman has confirmed her plan to seek the Republican nomination in California’s gubernatorial election next year, a statement on her website said Tuesday. More: continued here
Read More »A French court fines eBay over online advertising – InternetRetailer.com
Straits Times A French court fines eBay over online advertisingInternetRetailer.comA court in Paris has fined eBay Inc. 80000 euros (US$118000) for using brand names such as Dior and Givenchy in its advertising. The lawsuit was brought by …Report: French court orders eBay to pay LVMHNational Jeweler NetworkEBay Loses Dior Trademark …
Read More »Royal Bank of Canada Changes Compensation Plan to Reduce Risk (Bloomberg)
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — Royal Bank of Canada , the country’s biggest lender by assets, changed its compensation plan for employees at its investment bank to reduce risk as global leaders call for increased scrutiny on executive pay. More: continued here
Read More »US postal museum in DC receives $8M for larger gallery; businessman also loans rare stamps (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON – The National Postal Museum has received an $8 million donation to build a new street-level gallery in Washington, D.C. Officials said Tuesday that the gift from William H. Gross, founder of Pacific Investment Management Co., was the largest donation in the museum’s history. More: continued here
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