Boise Green Living: A Greener Post Office (KIVI Boise)
Step into your nearest Treasure Valley Post Office and you’ll probably notice them right away – blue bins designed to make your mail recycling efforts a whole lot easier… More: continued here
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EBay Is Finding Its (Old) Way – Forbes
EBay Is Finding Its (Old) WayForbes, NYOver the years, eBay's auction business has generated a steady cash stream, and former Chief Executive Meg Whitman was an eager acquirer. Some of those deals meshed nicely with eBay's main business; others, less so (yes, the $2.6 billion Skype …Internal Affairs: Whitman's ebay misstep provides fodder for GOP …San…
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DX Announces Local Collection Facility Agreement With Royal Mail Group (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
DX Group today announced they have agreed a deal to access the Post Office network to provide a local collection facility for undeliverable mail. More: continued here
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Court rules in favor of FedEx on contractor model (Los Angeles Times)
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a unit of FedEx Corp. didn’t break federal labor laws when it refused to negotiate with a union that was bargaining on behalf of some of its workers who want to be classified as employees rather than independent contractors. More: continued here
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-21 20:21 UPDATE 1-FedEx wins US appeal on contractor classification (Interactive Investor)
NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) – U.S. package-delivery company FedEx Corp said on Tuesday its FedEx Ground subsidiary has won a U.S. Court of Appeals decision that said independent contractors are independent business owners, rather than employees. The ruling places the contractors outside the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board, FedEx said. “Court decisions…
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Adam Lambert Memorabilia Crushes ‘Idol’ Competition On eBay (MTV Music Television)
Adam Lambert-related items lead the pack among “American Idol” contestants’ with weird and numerous eBay sales. More: continued here
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Plan to get more people on food stamps approved (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Faced with a backlog of applicants and pressure from advocacy groups to do a better job, county supervisors on Tuesday approved a three-year plan to get more people enrolled in the federal food stamp program. More: continued here
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Most US Technology Cos. Up On Texas Instruments Results, Deals – Wall Street Journal
Most US Technology Cos. Up On Texas Instruments Results, DealsWall Street JournalE-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN) stock was up 22 cents to $77.78 while eBay (EBAY) was down by 2.5% to $13.71. Both report results later this week. Shares of Yahoo (YHOO) were up 4.7% to $14.30 ahead of the company's first-quarter report later ……
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Nonprofits press food stamp issue – San Diego Union Tribune
Nonprofits press food stamp issueSan Diego Union Tribune, CABy Jeff McDonald (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer Background: Officials have drafted a plan to boost the use of food stamps in San Diego County, which has had the nation's lowest percentage of eligible clients signed up, according to an advocacy … More: continued here
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Royal Mail Could Be Sold For Knock-Down Price – Hell Mail
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail Could Be Sold For Knock-Down PriceHell Mail, UKThe Communication Workers Union has accused the UK government of getting it's sums wrong over the partial privatisation of Royal Mail and that 30% of the state-owned postal service would cost the treasury £900m. The comment by CWU general secretary …Ministers warned against Royal Mail sell-offThe…