LONDON (SHARECAST) – The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to be split into a “good bank” and “bad bank” in a dramatic rescue restructuring in which assets worth several hundred billion pounds will be put up for sale, says the Sunday Times. More: continued here
VietNamNet Bridge – A picture of a beam of yellow light, shining out from a lighthouse and guiding ships safely to shore inspired Nguyen Huy Khanh to collect images and stamps of lighthouses in Viet Nam and throughout the world. More: continued here
NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (UPI) — A New York group that bought a 50-year-old ferry in 2007 for $500,000 has put the boat up for auction on eBay, where it is likely to sell for much less. More: continued here
LONDON, Feb. 22 (UPI) — A bag of Woolworths pick ‘n’ mix candy from one of the stores that closed in Britain last year sold on eBay for more than $20,000. More: continued here
The postal workers’ union will ballot to sever links with Labour in the next few weeks unless plans to sell a stake in Royal Mail are scrapped, The Times has learnt. More: continued here
The U.S. Postal Service teams up with the Johnson County Martin Luther King Committee for a festival and the unveiling of commemorative stamps. More: continued here
Trojan-Clicker Infects eBay Vendor AuctivaAuctionBytes Blog, MAThe company provides free services to eBay sellers. Users began reporting that they were receiving warnings when visiting the site, and the company confirmed that some of its servers had been infected with the Trojan-Clicker "trojan horse" malware (see … More: continued here
New York Times Former Chief of eBay Tries a New BidNew York Times, United StatesMeg Whitman, at the Republican convention last year, said the next California governor’s job would be like “another eBay.” By BRAD STONE SAN FRANCISCO — Meg Whitman, a former chief executive of eBay, once said that running the Internet auction site was…
Emirates Post launches dedicated website for 2nd Arab Stamp ExhibitionAME Info, United Arab EmiratesA dedicated website, www.arabstampexh.ae, which provides comprehensive information on the 2nd Arab Stamp Exhibition, has been launched by Emirates Post, as preparations for the region's biggest Arab stamp exhibition entered the final phase. … More: continued here
Bag of Woolworths candy sells big on eBayThe Money Times, IndiaLondon — A bag of Woolworths pick 'n' mix candy from one of the stores that closed in Britain last year sold on eBay for more than $20000. Ed Adams, manager of the store in Petts Wood in Kent, grabbed the mixture Saturday — the last…