Telegraph.co.uk Media House leads Royal Mail campaignScotsman, United KingdomMEDIA House, the Scottish public relations and crisis management company, has been hired by the Communication Workers Union to help it fight UK government plans to part privatise the Royal Mail. The firm is understood to be supplying the union with …Royal Mail: No plan B, says MandelsonTribuneMail…
MyFox Houston HPD: Man burned after argument over food stampsHouston Chronicle, United StatesInvestigators said they quarrelled earlier that day over food stamps although the details of the dispute weren’t known. White is being held at the Harris County Jail. A judge has refused to set bail in the case. His next court appearance is scheduled …Man…
Las Vegas Sun New Boulder City postmaster sworn inLas Vegas Sun, NVBy Cassie Tomlin On the lawn of the Boulder City Post Office today, Shirley Roland took the same oath as President Barack Obama did in January. Roland promised to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. …Boulder City in briefLas Vegas Sunall…
WA today Google Gunning For eBay, PayPalBNET, CaBy Michael Hickins | March 12th, 2009 @ 6:19 pm Google is going after Skype, eBay’s voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone service and, more importantly, PayPal, its online payment business. Google announced that it’s releasing Google Voice to registered users of …Google’s Free Phone Manager Could Threaten a Variety of ServicesNew…
EBay's Web Retailing To Take A Back SeatInformationWeek, NYBy W. David Gardner Going, going, gone is online auction company eBay's strategy of competing with the likes of retailers Amazon and WalMart.com, eBay is now placing new emphasis on mobile opportunities. In a meeting Wednesday, eBay executives said … More: continued here
Bill to Create New Forever StampWHSV, VAJim Webb (D-VA) introduced the bipartisan “Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act,” which would direct the US Postal Service to issue the Purple Heart stamp on a permanent basis as a “forever” stamp Wednesday. Cosponsors of this legislation include Sens. … More: continued here
TROUTDALE, Ore. — A new corporate expansion will soon employ hundreds of Oregonians as FedEx expands into Troutdale. FedEx broke ground on a new ground shipping facility in this Columbia Gorge city last October. More: continued here
Executives at flagging online auction site eBay outlined a plan Wednesday to revive the once-mighty Internet company’s fortunes. Chief Executive John Donahoe told Wall Street analysts that the company’s greatest growth potential lies in its online payment unit, PayPal. eBay will also institute changes to its Marketplace business, the CEO said. More: continued here
Mara 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 had anything comparable to, like, a soup kitchen,” said Kerkez, a representative…
eBay, Apple and chip stocks led the Nasdaq’s best three-day rally in nearly four months. More: continued here