Internal Affairs: Whitman's eBay misstep provides fodder for GOP …San Jose Mercury News, USABut one of the key deals she orchestrated as chief of eBay— the $2.6 billion purchase of Internet phone service Skype in 2005 — has turned out to be a loser for the company. And her leading opponent for the GOP nomination,…
Siliconrepublic.com EBay's Korean Buy Good for YahooBarron’sEBAY (TICKER: EBAY) announced this morning that it would launch a tender offer worth $24 a share to acquire 100% of Gmarket (GMKT), a competitor to IAC (Internet Auction Co.), eBay's Korean subsidiary. The transaction is expected to close in the second …ebay CEO: Focusing 'Where We Can Win'…
An innovative program to allow people to use their food stamps to buy locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables earned recognition recently from the Sierra Cascade Region of the Network for a Healthy California. More: continued here
They’re called quarter horses, Jim Brown of Crescent View Ranch in Arcadia said, “because they are bred to be the fastest horse in the world in a quarter mile.” More: continued here
A U.S. Postal Service employee and another man were indicted in a scheme to steal more than half-million dollars worth of stamps and sell them online, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. More: continued here
Just In: Auto Context Firefox Addon Powers Up Highlighted TextWashington Post, United StatesYou can, for example, copy the text (as plain text, HTML, real HTML), print it, open it as a URL, save it to a file, search for the term in Google, or search for the term at various Web sites, like eBay and Wikipedia….
Postage to increase May 11Clanton Advertiser, AL“In that case, there are two first class stamps we've lost.” But, Breckinridge said the postal service is once again encouraging customers to purchase “Forever Stamps” to ease the impact of the upcoming rate increase. The Forever Stamp allows customers …Stamp prices are going up againWPTVHave an extra 2 cents…
The Post Office CollectionMalta Independent Online, MaltaFollowing requests from collectors of diecast models as well as philatelists, MaltaPost has issued “The Post Office Collection”, which consists of a set of three model vans bearing the livery of the General Post Office and Posta Malta. … More: continued here
Food stamp errors on riseMiddletown Journal, OHThey awarded her $176 a month in food stamps through January. “If I hadn't had that, I don't know how I would've survived,” she said. Turns out that Beckett earned $94.20 too much to qualify for the program. But she didn't know that when she gave them …Woman fears others…
MyFox Atlanta Chop shop discovered, police sayAtlanta Journal Constitution, USABy Jeffry Scott A stolen motorcycle in Henry County led authorities to a man who had been operating a chop shop at his home for several months and selling parts from the stolen bikes on eBay, police said. Trenton Dean Mallard, 24, is in custody at…