FedEx Corp. has named Brian D. Philips president and chief executive of FedEx Kinko’s, the parent shipping company’s office and print services division. More: continued here
Read More »Nation – Wednesday (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
The 5-year measure offers more subsidies for farmers, food stamps for the poor, and special election-year projects. The 318-106 margin is more than enough to override a threatened veto from President Bush. He says the bill is too costly and gives too much money to wealthy farmers with farm prices …
Read More »Craigslist countersues eBay, escalating legal fight (Computerworld Singapore)
NEW YORK, 14 MAY 2008 – Classified-advertising site Craigslist is countersuing eBay, accusing the online auction company of using its stake in Craigslist to misappropriate proprietary information and engage in false advertising, trademark infringement and a host of other wrongdoings. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps Commemorate Charles and Ray Eames (Architectural Record)
Charles Eames would have turned 100 on June 17. To commemorate his birthday, the United States Postal Service is issuing 42-cent stamps featuring the collaborative work of the influential designer and his wife, Ray. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps Commemorate Charles and Ray Eames – Architectural Record
Stamps Commemorate Charles and Ray EamesArchitectural Record –5 hours agoTo commemorate his birthday, the United States Postal Service is issuing 42-cent stamps featuring the collaborative work of the influential designer and his … More: continued here
Read More »Giant beetles seized at Pennsylvania post office – The Associated Press
Brocktown News Giant beetles seized at Pennsylvania post officeThe Associated Press –4 hours agoThe large bugs arrived last week from Taiwan at a post office in Mohnton, about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia, in a box whose contents were labeled as …Illegal giant beetle shipment intercepted in MohntonReading Eagleall 92 news …
Read More »Post office savings await rate prop (The Telegraph)
New Delhi, May 14 : The Congress-led government is planning to raise interest rates on post office savings. More: continued here
Read More »Craigslist Sues eBay, Makes Documents Public (AnandTech)
Craigslist accuses eBay of free-riding among other things… More: continued here
Read More »Postcomm wants Royal Mail part-privatised (Independent)
Saturday deliveries could be threatened unless the Royal Mail is partly privatised, the postal regulator has warned. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Bank of Canada Will Write Down C$855 Million (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
May 14 (Bloomberg) — Royal Bank of Canada , the country’s largest lender, will take additional writedowns of about C$855 million ($854 million) on its debt investments, the second- biggest writedown taken by a Canadian bank since the credit crisis began last year. More: continued here
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