Shippers UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. said Thursday they are making plans to implement contingency procedures in the event Tropical Storm Gustav hits the U.S. FedEx spokesman Jim McCluskey said the Memphis-based shipper has a staff of meteorologists on site and is keeping its air- and ground-based fleets “in the loop” with information. He noted…
Police have made an arrest over the sale on eBay of a computer said to contain the personal details of thousands of council tax payers. More: continued here
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On the front row of nearly every major New York runway show are fashion’s elite: top editors from international magazines and newspapers, retail executives, television personalities and celebrities. Among them, a woman with a job that doesn’t quite fit any of those categories yet, but encompasses all of them. Constance White, the style director for…
eBay is moving to an electronic Checkout system, banning checks, money orders and postal orders, and more than half of sellers believe it would negatively impact their profitability, according to an AuctionBytes.com survey. More: continued here
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