Uninspired by eBayCNNMoney.comSAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) — With the market dipping back below November lows, it feels a bit mean-spirited to be picking on any single company, but please – what has happened to eBay? At about $12 (EBAY, Fortune 500) it's trading barely above a 52-week … More: continued here
Read More »New civil rights pioneer stamps (NBC 13 Birmingham)
A dozen civil rights figures to be on postage stamps. More: continued here
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A bomb scare at a Lexington post office ends with a bang. A suspicious package was found outside the post office on High Street. A police ‘robot’ was called in to shoot the bag with water at a high-pressure, demobilizing the item. More: continued here
Read More »NY State Buys Worthless Ferry On eBay – Hard OCP
Boston Globe NY State Buys Worthless Ferry On eBayHard OCP, TXPut it back on eBay…current bid is $14800. Better get your bids in, officials say they are taking the highest bid, regardless how much the high bid is. ALBANY A ferry boat for New York Harbor, purchased by taxpayers for $500000, …
Read More »EBay renames yellow stars amid anti-Semitic accusation (Chicago Sun-Times)
PARIS — EBay has temporarily renamed the yellow stars it uses to evaluate sellers on its French site after a complaint that the symbol had anti-Semitic connotations. More: continued here
Read More »‘Last’ Woolies pic’n’mix on eBay (BBC News)
An Ebay auction of the “last” bag of Woolworths pic’n’mix has attracted bids of more than £300. More: continued here
Read More »Residents’ efforts get tiny Ferndale post office reopened in Orlando area (Orlando Sentinel)
Ferndale residents worked hard to revive their post office In this rural hamlet tucked into the rolling hills of southeast Lake County, a postage-stamp-sized post office has served as the heart of the community. More: continued here
Read More »Dozen civil rights figures to be on postage stamps – The Associated Press
NBC13.com Dozen civil rights figures to be on postage stampsThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen civil rights pioneers take their places of honor on US postage stamps Saturday. The six 42-cent stamps are being dedicated in New York and are going on sale nationwide. The stamps honor the achievements …
Read More »EBay Founder Tweets About an Unusual Lawsuit – New York Times
EBay Founder Tweets About an Unusual LawsuitNew York Times, United StatesThat is what has happened to Pierre Omidyar, the eBay founder, philanthropist and start-up investor. For more than a decade he has mostly preferred to stay below the public radar, but for the last two years he has been happily Twittering …
Read More »Rested, healed Tiger Woods ‘ready to play’ again (AP via Yahoo! News)
All it took were six words on his Web site to bring the buzz back to golf. More: continued here
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