Shares of FedEx Corp. fell Monday as the broader markets lost ground and an analyst said the company’s aggressive cost cuts might not be enough to offset the steep decline in volumes and the expected rise in fuel prices. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps Rise To 44 Cents (CBS News)
The price of a first-class stamp for mailing a letter – or paying a bill – climbed to 44 cents, though folks who planned ahead and stocked up on Forever stamps will still be paying the lower rate. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail and HMG's creative accounting – BBC News
BBC News Royal Mail and HMG's creative accountingBBC News, UKRoyal Mail is a plc with a single shareholder, viz HMG. And our somewhat battered postal service has a massive pension fund that's burdened with a huge and troubling shortfall between assets and liabilities. Because Royal Mail can't afford to fill the …
Read More »Postal worker accused of stealing, selling stamps (AP via Yahoo! News)
Authorities say a rural postal carrier in suburban Detroit stole and sold stamps worth nearly $20,000 because he was behind on his mortgage. Postal agents confronted John Auito on April 30 outside his home in Macomb. He told agents that he typically sold the stamps at a 15 percent discount. …
Read More »Peel ’em and weep: First-class stamps rise 2 cents (AP via Yahoo! News)
The post office wants two more pennies for your thoughts. The price of a first-class stamp for mailing a letter — or paying a bill — climbed to 44 cents Monday, though folks who planned ahead and stocked up on Forever stamps will still be paying the lower rate. More: …
Read More »Post Office Faces Hard Times – WBAY
Post Office Faces Hard TimesWBAY, WILike everyone else in this economy, the post office is seeing financial trouble and is already $2.3 billion in the red this year — a combination of the recession and people using their computers more often. "I pay as many bills online as I can, … …
Read More »eBay Affiliate Program Prohibits Sub-Affiliates and Ad Networks (AuctionBytes)
eBay will no longer support affiliate traffic from tier-2 paid search, ad networks, and sub-affiliates. The eBay Partner Network will continue to allow publishers to source traffic to their own websites via those methods but are not allowing direct promotion of eBay through those models. More: continued here
Read More »Podcast: How to Migrate from eBay to Amazon, Craigslist & Your Own Website (AuctionBytes)
Best-selling author Michael Miller has written a new book called, “Selling Online 2.0: Migrating from eBay to Amazon, craigslist, and Your Own E-Commerce Website.” More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail sell-off bid to go ahead (Evening Standard)
The Government is pressing ahead with its controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail in the face of opposition from Labour MPs and unions, pledging to use money from the sell-off to modernise the business. More: continued here
Read More »Postal worker accused of stealing, selling stamps (The Arizona Republic)
Postal agents confronted John Auito on April 30 outside his home in Macomb. He told agents that he typically sold the stamps at a 15 percent discount on eBay. More: continued here
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