eBay aims to “spark the entrepreneurial spirit” among its sellers with today’s launch of the eBay Sellers Challenge . The challenge is for sellers to answer the question: “How would you use $25,000 go grow – or start – an eBay business?” “The eBay marketplace is a community rich in innovation and entrepreneurial spirit,” says…
Back to Square One with the Post OfficeChicago ReaderThat was back in 2007, when I wrote about the city's proposal to spend $51 million in TIF money to develop the downtown post office. Specifically, I suggested that it might not be a bad investment of TIF dollars if it would lead to developing property ……
Associated Press – June 9, 2009 8:44 AM ET DENVER (AP) – Colorado officials say the number of new applications for food stamps fell about 16% in May, the largest drop in a single month since… More: continued here
FedEx Express president and CEO David J. Bronczek will serve as the next chairman of the International Air Transport Association Board of Governors. More: continued here
The U.S. Postal Service plans to auction off Chicago’s “incredible hulk,” the massive old downtown post office that has been vacant since 1996. With its announcement today, the postal service served notice that it no longer has a long-term contract with Walton Street Capital to redevelop the site at 433 W. Van Buren. Walton Street,…
Palm Beach post office building sale to be focus of public meetingPalm Beach Daily News, FLThe United States Postal Service has set a public meeting for 6 pm Wednesday to allow the public to comment on the Postal Service's plan to sell the north Post Office at 95 N. County Road. The public meeting will take…
The government may be hoping to lose its plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail in the post. More: continued here
By Bernie Delinski, Staff Writer The old downtown post office soon could be the new City Hall. More: continued here
Package-delivery company FedEx Corp. said Monday it elected Ambassador Susan C. Schwab, former U.S. trade representative from 2006 to 2009, to its board. More: continued here
Colorado officials say the number of new applications for food stamps fell about 16 percent in May, the largest drop in a single month since December. More: continued here