Today eBay announced the completion of a tender offer for all outstanding common shares and American Depositary Shares (ADSs) of Gmarket. Back in April, eBay announced that it was spending $1.2 billion to acquire those shares. Gmarket is known as Korea’s leading eCommerce business, and it will apparently be combined …
Read More »DHR: Don’t Fear Applying for Food Stamps (Georgia Public Broadcasting News)
Officials from the Georgia Department of Human Resources say if you’re out of work and receiving extended unemployment insurance thanks to federal stimulus dollars, don’t be afraid to apply for food stamps. The comments come after a newspaper report of a Marietta man who could not get food stamps because …
Read More »USPS Integrates with Bill Me Later, New eBay Shipping App Coming (AuctionBytes)
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said its Click-N-Ship online application will integrate with eBay’s Bill Me Later online billing service. If you print postage for non-eBay sales using this Web-based system, you normally have the postage deducted immediately from a debit or credit card. More: continued here
Read More »Auction sites beyond eBay (The Buffalo News)
Move over eBay. A number of new Web sites have sprung up to provide another venue for auctioning items and scoring bargains. More: continued here
Read More »‘Hangover’ hangs on to box office top spot (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Adult comedy “The Hangover” was the top weekend earner at the North American box office, edging out animated feature “Up” for a second consecutive week, final figures showed Monday. More: continued here
Read More »Most recent polls (Evening Standard)
Should Boris ban Tube strikes over ‘trivial’ issues? Should postal workers strike against the part-privatisation of Royal Mail? Will Andy Murray win Wimbledon following his brilliant victory at Queens? More: continued here
Read More »Breadline USA Part Two – Huffington Post
Breadline USA Part TwoHuffington Post, NYIn an era in which over thirty million Americans are surviving on food stamps, millions more are poor enough for food stamps but not enrolled, and millions more still are deemed not poor enough for government aid but are today surviving only on the … More: …
Read More »Infopia Announces New Certified eBay Checkout (AuctionBytes)
Infopia announced the immediate availability of its new eBay certified Third Party Checkout product. The company said its retailers have the option of using eBay Checkout or Infopia Third Party Checkout. More: continued here
Read More »Thieving postman avoids jail and says he's sorry – Essex Echo
Thieving postman avoids jail and says he's sorryEssex Echo, UKRoyal Mail caught him out and sacked him following an elaborate sting, during which they planted packages and cards in his delivery bag to tempt him – which they did. The father-of-four of Failand Mews, Stanford-le-Hope, was spared jail when he … …
Read More »A Lesson Learned: 2009 St. Jude Classic presented by FedEx (PGA)
“Never belittle a ball in the middle” a random quote from one of our caddies here at Classic Club, but a fitting topic for A Lesson Learned this week — what you can learn from action on the PGA Tour. More: continued here
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