TSA Kangaroo Court Rubber Stamps TSA Fining Guy Who Stripped Naked …TechdirtA couple years ago, we wrote about a guy named John Brennan (who, we're pretty damn sure is not the John Brennan who is now director of the CIA) who decided to strip naked at a TSA screening area …
Read More »Inside eBay, Decide.com Team Leads Seller Insights, Startup Outreach – Xconomy
Inside eBay, Decide.com Team Leads Seller Insights, Startup OutreachXconomyThe team of data mining and machine learning experts—many of whom also built and ran airfare price predictor Farecast, acquired in 2008 by Microsoft—has been working on new services to help eBay sellers tune their pricing to maximize sales. They're … More: continued …
Read More »The Real Reasons PayPal Sold To Ebay – Forbes
Forbes The Real Reasons PayPal Sold To EbayForbeseBay transactions generated two-thirds of PayPal's payment volume at the time of the acquisition. The off-eBay volume was growing faster, but would still require many years to overtake the on-eBay volume. Also, much of the off-eBay volume was acquired …Dealpolitik: EBay, PayPal Takeover Talk …
Read More »Dealpolitik: EBay, PayPal Takeover Talk May Be Premature – Wall Street Journal (blog)
Wall Street Journal (blog) Dealpolitik: EBay, PayPal Takeover Talk May Be PrematureWall Street Journal (blog)First, eBay could implement much stronger takeover protections for PayPal than eBay currently has: eBay will be able to write the corporate charter of PayPal before a spinoff is completed and can include anti-takeover protections that …
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Read More »Postal Service creates Wilt Chamberlain stamps – NBCSports.com
NBCSports.com Postal Service creates Wilt Chamberlain stampsNBCSports.comNext week (Oct. 8) the new Wilt Chamberlain commemorative stamps will go on sale and they are larger than even the average commemorative stamp— two inches tall. They will be available through the Postal Service or the Sixers.com Web site, so you'll …Wilt Chamberlain …
Read More »Special stamps mark Argenta post office centennial
Three sets of commemorative stamps were unveiled Wednesday as the local post office turned 100. More: continued here
Read More »Fittingly taller than most postage stamps. – Philadelphia Magazine (blog)
Philadelphia Magazine (blog) Fittingly taller than most postage stamps.Philadelphia Magazine (blog)Wilt Chamberlain's life is the stuff of legend, from his time at Overbrook High School to his towering frame to his incredible feats both on and off the court. And so, it is only fitting that the United States Postal …
Read More »Special delivery stamps Cardinal as Pac-12 winners – Palo Alto Online
Special delivery stamps Cardinal as Pac-12 winnersPalo Alto OnlineBrandon Vincent wasn't going to let the 18th-ranked Stanford men's soccer team go into overtime in Thursday night's Pac-12 opener at Oregon State. Andrew Epstein. Vincent delivered the game winner with less than two minutes to play, giving the Cardinal …and more » …
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Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), Aviva plc (LON:AV), GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON:GSK), Ted Baker plc (LON:TED) & Rentokil Initial plc (LON:RTO) are under the spotlight. More: continued here
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