Maynard Webb's next big thing: homeshoring.San Jose Mercury News, USABy Elise Ackerman When Maynard Webb retired as chief operating officer of eBay in August 2006, he was widely viewed as one of the top technologists in Silicon Valley. Famous for saving the online auction house from several critical computer meltdowns, … More: continued here
Two area eBay merchants mergeFort Worth Star Telegram, TXBy JOHN AUSTIN The still-evolving eBay retail business continues to mutate, as Easysale Inc. and iSold It on eBay merge. Arlington-based Easysale brings its warehouse and fleet of trucks, which pick up merchandise from sellers, to the deal. …Easysale, DFW I Sold It stores mergeEcommWire (press release)all 2…
Post office not taking mail due to weatherPlainview Daily Herald, TXThat was the case Friday afternoon when the Plainview post office placed signs over its drop boxes that said due to the weather, the office would not be accepting any more incoming mail for the day. The post office hadn’t stopped working, … More: continued here
A Blakeslee man driving with a suspended license hit a man twice with his car in the FedEx parking lot on Route 940 on Thursday — after the man threatened to call police and report his dangerous driving, according to police. More: continued here
SIERRA VISTA — The post office will host an informational open house on Saturday on passport information, the Automated Postal Center and the Business Connect services. More: continued here
Domain Name Wire PaintballGuns.com Auction Attracts Attention at eBayDomain Name Wire, TXIt’s unusual for a good domain name to be auctioned on eBay, but an auction for PaintballGuns.com has topped $20000 with just three days to go. There is a reserve on the domain name and no indication from the seller about what it is, which…
While plans for a new post office in Hawleyville continue to move forward, other towns in the region looking for new facilities will likely have to wait a little longer.The Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service said before Congress this week that the construction of new offices would be halted as part of an…
eBay tomfoolery ?? I’ve just logged onto eBay to have a bit of a nose and on my account it tells me that I’m watching some ‘Baby Reborn’ stuff. First it was booties ( ) and now apparently I’m watching a crochet pattern dress set. More: continued here
Gordon Brown is set to press ahead with plans to overthrow Royal succession rules after Jack Straw said it was now a ‘higher priority’ for the Government. More: continued here
Ebay has roped in the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to help combat counterfeiting and piracy on its site. It hopes that the Government body , which looks after intellectual rights in the UK, will encourage more companies to work with it, rather than sue it, in its fight to clamp down on traders selling counterfeit…