Shares of railroads and shippers fell in morning trading Monday, after FedEx Corp. lowered its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings prediction, citing rising fuel costs. More: continued here
Read More »Los Angeles, Orange County Among Top 10 eBay Markets (socalTech.com)
Online auction site eBay released their list of the most active markets for the site Thursday, reporting that both Los Angeles-Long Beach and Orange County were among the top 10 markets for the firm. According to eBay, the Los Angeles-Long Beach area ranked number one in the U.S. for eBay …
Read More »Post office legal battle launched – BBC News
This is Money Post office legal battle launchedBBC News, UK –48 minutes agoA severely disabled woman has taken her campaign to save her local post office to the High Court. Pensioner Judy Brown, of Hastings, East Sussex, …Viewpoint: Last chance to save post officesBelfast TelegraphHigh Court row over post office closure plansHorsham …
Read More »'No Plans' To End Saturday Post – Sky News
Sky News 'No Plans' To End Saturday PostSky News, UK –7 minutes agoPat McFadden told Sky's Jeff Randall Live that the Government, the Royal Mail and the postal watchdog are all determined to maintain the current delivery … More: continued here
Read More »Kanaly trades Post Oak office for Marathon tower (BizJournals)
Kanaly Trust Co. is relocating from the Galleria area office building where it has operated for more than 30 years, but the moving trucks won’t have far to go. More: continued here
Read More »Stocks flat, Fedex offsets lower oil price (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Stocks were little changed on Monday as the dollar’s rise helped to push oil prices lower, but gains were offset after Fedex Corp, a package delivery company seen as a barometer of economic activity, slashed its earnings forecast. More: continued here
Read More »eBay wants to force use of PayPal (The Columbus Dispatch)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — eBay Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny in Australia, where a PayPal-only rule takes effect next month. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Canada Achieves Contact Center Employer of Choice® Certification for the 5th Year in a Row (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
All three FedEx Canada’s Customer Service Centres have achieved the prestigious Contact Center Employer of Choice® designation for 2008. This is the 5th year in a row FedEx has participated in the program and achieved certification. More: continued here
Read More »Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Launches Family Foundation (AuctionBytes)
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman launched a private foundation called the Griffith R. Harsh IV and Margaret C Whitman Charitable Foundation. The married couple donated 300,000 shares of eBay stock with an estimated fair market value of $9.4 million to the foundation in December 21, 2006. More: continued here
Read More »Banks hostile to eBay’s PayPal move (Australian IT)
EBAY Australia is confident a revamp of its payment arrangements will be approved by the ACCC in a matter of weeks. More: continued here
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