EBay Inc. and online trade groups are bracing for a fight over three bills that lawmakers plan to introduce aimed at stemming sales of stolen goods on the Internet. More: continued here
If you listened to the questions posed by sellers at eBay’s Town Hall meeting yesterday, you would probably conclude that sellers are unhappy with the DSR (Detailed Seller Ratings) feedback system. eBay said it would be making some changes to give sellers more visibility into DSRs and would announce additional changes affecting sellers next month….
St. Louis Post-Dispatch More Missourians than ever seeking food stampsdigitalBURG.com, MOST. LOUIS (AP)–New numbers out this week on the social needs of Missourians paint a bleak picture of a state hurting from the national economic downturn. A monthly report from the Department of Social Services says that nearly 1 million …More Missourians than ever sign up…
eBay.com Checks Out Paymate, New Online Payment Option Now Active …PR Web (press release), WA(PRWEB) February 26, 2009 — Paymate, a full-service provider of Internet payment solutions, announced today that its new online payment service is available in the United States and that Paymate has been selected by eBay.com as one of its approved, … More:…
Royal Mail'will never be all private'Public Service, UKPart of Royal Mail will always remain in public hands (unless and until legislation is introduced to change this), the Business Secretary said when announcing to sell off 30 per cent of the organisation to a private company (described by the government … More: continued here
Royal Mail charged over deathReading Evening Post, UKRoyal Mail faces prosecution after the death of a Whitley man who was crushed by a lorry at a depot in Langley. Driver Colin Smith, 57, of Basingstoke Road, died on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, when he was on shunting duties at the Heathrow Worldwide … More: continued here
Post office robber jailed for 12 yearsThis Is Cheshire, UKTHE fourth man involved in the robbery of Thelwall Post Office has been sentenced to 12 years in jail. Richard McMahon, aged 30, from Church Road in Flixton, was also handed a five-year sentence for possessing a firearm with intent to commit an offence … More: continued…
RTE.ie Armed raid at Carlow post officeRTE.ie, IrelandRaiders stole what is believed to be at least €10000 in a post office raid in Carlow town this morning. Two masked men entered Hosey's supermarket on Staplestown Road at around 11am and using a sledgehammer, smashed the glass panel at the post office…Two men raid Carlow post officeIrish…
New York Times Obama Budget Sees $1.75 Trillion DeficitNew York Times, United StatesPresident Obama, with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, spoke about the budget on Thursday at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. By JACKIE CALMES and ROBERT PEAR President Obama’s budget …Obama says steps being taken to…
What does the Royal Mail sell-off mean for postcodes data?guardian.co.uk, UKThe government's plans to sell off up to 30% of the Royal Mail to the private sector have attracted the opprobrium of scores of backbench MPs – but nobody seems to have asked what might happen in such a sell-off to the Postcode Address File (PAF),…