The Associated Press Missouri Family Will Keep CaveWall Street Journal Blogs, NYThe Sleepers, who have three children, had plans to auction their cave home on eBay, with an opening bid of $300000 (see related post). The paperwork for the deal with Logical Source was in process but had not yet been …
Read More »Check Out Line: Anyone bidding on an overhaul at eBay? – Reuters
De Koopman Check Out Line: Anyone bidding on an overhaul at eBay?ReutersCheck out the transformation eBay, the Internet’s premier auction website, hopes to pull off. Trying to ease fears its best days are in the rearview mirror, eBay is counting on growth at its PayPal payments system and jump-starting its …
Read More »Christopher Hitchens Baffled By Post Office – Wonkette (satire)
Christopher Hitchens Baffled By Post OfficeWonkette (satire), DCThis occurred just after the Senate voted to block the amendment that would have taken away Congressmen’s scrillz, so he was probably in a good mood. Behind chris hitchens in line at post office at florida and 20th. He looks confused and disheveled but …
Read More »Royal Mail says sorry for Corsham post blunders – Gazette & Herald
Royal Mail says sorry for Corsham post blundersGazette & Herald, UKBy Rachel Allen » Royal Mail has apologised to people in Corsham for lost or late delivery of post after teething problems in the wake of the closure of the town’s sorting office. Corsham Town Council agreed on Monday evening to …
Read More »Group aids students seeking food stamps – UNM Daily Lobo
Group aids students seeking food stampsUNM Daily Lobo, NMMara Kerkez rummaged through her desk for nuts and cereal bars when a student walked into the Welcome Center asking for a bite to eat and information about food stamps. "She told me she was hungry, and she wanted to know if UNM …
Read More »Agencies hired for Royal Mail battle – PRWeek UK
Agencies hired for Royal Mail battlePRWeek UK, UKThe Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the Royal Mail Pensions Trust have both drafted in fresh PR support, as the row over plans to privatise Royal Mail rumbles on. The CWU has called in crisis specialists Media House International as it seeks to … …
Read More »Postal Service goes 'green' – Journal and Courier
Postal Service goes 'green'Journal and Courier, INBy Bob Scott • bscott@journalandcourier.com • March 12, 2009 The US Postal Service has started the "Three R's" program to help post office box customers recycle. There are several blue, 23-gallon "Read, Respond, Recycle" bins in the post office lobby …Readers' Forum: March 12, 2009Terre …
Read More »Onlive services deliver mail without the paper – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times Onlive services deliver mail without the paperLos Angeles Times, CABy Alana Semuels The post office doesn't deliver mail to Steven Stark's Santa Maria home anymore. It's not that Stark, the 36-year-old owner of an Internet company, is unpopular. He just decided that he'd rather deal with all of …
Read More »EBay Offers 3-Year Guidance—If Economy Recovers – CNBC
EBay Offers 3-Year Guidance—If Economy RecoversCNBC, Englewood CliffsAt a time when so many companies are dispensing with meaningful guidance of any kind, eBay is taking the unusual step of offering guidance 3 years out. Not specific, quarter-to-quarter numbers, mind you, but signposts investors can use to gauge the … More: continued …
Read More »Is eBay Ready To Start The Bidding For Skype? – BusinessWeek
Is eBay Ready To Start The Bidding For Skype?BusinessWeekAt its annual meeting today, eBay executives broke out more details about the health of its Skype unit than it has in the past. Turns out the Net phone calling software pioneer enjoyed 20% net income last year, on $550 million in …
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