Gossip-site Valleywag reported on Tuesday that eBay was planning additional layoffs. Valleywag said that an eBay employee believed the company was planning to cut the lowest-performing five percent of staff, but said that an eBay spokesman told it the layoffs should be “small” in scale. More: continued here
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Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail loses Amazon contract as postal strikes loomguardian.co.ukAmazon has ended its contract with Royal Mail to deliver parcels weighing more then 500 grams. Photograph: James Grimstead/Rex Features Royal Mail has lost …Royal Mail strike set to see postal services grind to a haltTelegraph.co.ukView from the House: Royal Mail …
Read More »Costco 4Q profit falls 6 percent but beats views – The Associated Press
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Read More »FedEx Express Advances In-Flight Safety with Automatic Fire Suppression System (Journal of Commerce Online)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX), has unveiled the industry’s first onboard automatic fire-suppression system (FSS), elevating the level of safety during international, over-water flights. More: continued here
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