FedEx Bumps Freight Rate (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)

FedEx Corp. announced a general rate increase of 5.5 percent Wednesday for its FedEx Freight trucking division.The demand for freight shipping is “severely restrained” by the weak national economy, the company said, noting the 6 percent drop in less-than-truckload shipments with FedEx Freight from a second-quarter earnings report last week. …

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EBay chief bids to regain momentum – Times Online

EBay chief bids to regain momentumTimes Online, UK –4 hours agoIt takes a lot to anger the normally unruffled Meg Whitman, president and chief executive of eBay. Google managed it in May when it tried to hijack an eBay…Options update 12-31-07: eBay February volatility elevated into …BloggingStocksNewspaper wrap-up: EBay CEO Whitman may …

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Search (Drowned In Sound)

Films that are better than the books they were based on. A Clockwork Orange (in my opinion) stamps all over the book – in fact, I think that Anthony Burgess was extremely lucky that Kubrick decided to use his book. More: continued here

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