Auctionbytes eBay CEO to Keynote at Shop.org Summit and Stanford SymposiumAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner eBay CEO John Donahoe will be the keynote speaker at the 15th Stanford Accel Digital Symposium today, February 25, 2009, at 8:30 am Pacific. Richard Brewer-Hay will be providing updates throughout the speech via the eBay Ink …
Read More »Small businesses join opposition to Royal Mail sale – CityWire.co.uk
Small businesses join opposition to Royal Mail saleCityWire.co.uk, UKBy Deborah Hyde | 15:43:13 | 25 February 2009 Nearly half of small businesses in the UK are opposed to plans to part privatise the Royal Mail, saying such a move could harm their business. The government is pushing through plans to sell …
Read More »New lease of life for Yarmouth Post Office – The Advertiser
New lease of life for Yarmouth Post OfficeThe Advertiser, UKThe old post office in Great Yarmouth's Beresford Road has been given a new lease of life as a health and beauty clinic. Former postmistress Barbara Ebanks was determined to make up for the loss of the branch, which was axed in …
Read More »Postal giant to fund new direct mail industry body – Marketing Week
Postal giant to fund new direct mail industry bodyMarketing Week, UKA new free-of-charge industry body focusing on direct mail will provide news, research and case studies for an audience consisting of the UK’s top 3000 advertisers and 500 key agencies. Royal Mail will fund the Mail Media Centre (MMC) on behalf …
Read More »ProLogis parcels up Swan Valley hub for Royal Mail – Property Week News
ProLogis parcels up Swan Valley hub for Royal MailProperty Week News, UKBy Jennifer Rigby ProLogis and Aviva Investors have completed a deal to build Royal Mail a new distribution centre and mail hub at a 200000 sq ft facility in Northampton. Royal Mail has signed up to occupy 200000 sq ft …
Read More »Cabinet split over Royal Mail – Politics.co.uk
Politics.co.uk Cabinet split over Royal MailPolitics.co.uk, UKBy Matthew West The Cabinet is split over the future of the Royal Mail it has emerged as Harriet Harman was revealed as having attempted to delay the publication of tomorrow's bill before Parliament that will part-privatise the service. … More: continued here
Read More »‘Frog Lady’ is the first female president of stamp club – BurlingtonFreePress.com
‘Frog Lady’ is the first female president of stamp clubBurlingtonFreePress.com, VTIn a new turn of events, Rappaport, 52, was named the first female president of the Chittenden County Stamp Club in January. “I have been collecting frogs and stamps since I was five years old,” Rappaport said. “I have been a …
Read More »Papers debate Royal Mail sell-off (BBC News)
The government’s proposal to part-privatise the Royal Mail receives support from most UK newspapers. More: continued here
Read More »Man guilty of selling fake items on eBay (Whidbey News Times)
A former Oak Harbor man recently pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally importing more than $2 million in counterfeit exercise machines, blenders and other items, then selling them on eBay. More: continued here
Read More »Officials: Wait to receive food stamps shrinks – DetNews.com
Officials: Wait to receive food stamps shrinksDetNews.com, MILANSING — The delay time for getting food stamps in Michigan is getting shorter, even as the caseload continues to climb to record heights, state officials say. The number of new food stamp applications shot up by nearly 20000 from December 2007 to … …
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