ABC News What's PayPal's First Solo Move?ABC NewsPayPal's impending split from long-time partner eBay Inc. will ratchet up its appeal to online retail competitors such as Amazon.com and give it the freedom to aggressively take on new mobile pay challenger Apple Pay. For eBay, the challenge will be … More: continued here
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Nanjemoy gets latest village post officeSo Md NewsNanjemoy Country Store celebrated its grand opening Tuesday morning as a village post office offering stamps and other mailing supplies. “It's an alternate access channel,” Cynthia Dyson, U.S. Postal Service retail specialist for the Capital District … More: continued here
3 Reasons To Avoid EBay Shares Post PayPal SpinoffForbesBefore getting into that, let's review eBay's September 30 announcement that it's spinning off PayPal. 12 years ago, eBay paid $1.5 billion for PayPal — an online payment service that is most famous for the talent that it attracted — including SpaceX … More: continued here
Eau Claire Post Office moves to temporary locationWEAUEAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) The Eau Claire Post Office is now operating out of a temporary location. If you have a P.O. box, you'll get your mail from the Eau Claire Processing and Distribution Facility on Hogarth Street. It's on the north side of the city …and more »…
Tourist spots on postage stamps soughtPhilippine StarEric Olivarez authored House Bill (HB) 2417 or "An act requiring the Philippine Postal Service (PhilPost) to print postage stamps depicting Philippine tourist spots and to require that these stamps be affixed on all outgoing mail matter for a certain … More: continued here
Bloomberg EBay to Split Off PayPal as Mobile Payments Gain MomentumBloombergEBay Inc. (EBAY) is spinning off its PayPal division, throwing the business into direct competition with Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc. as consumers step up the use of smartphones and computers to pay for goods and services. Activist shareholder … More: continued here
Fortune eBay CEO: Why we're spinning off PayPalFortuneSeven months after making the case against spinning off PayPal to Fortune, eBay CEO John Donahoe is singing a different tune. On Tuesday, eBay announced plans to spin-off online payments service PayPal into a separate, publicly traded company.EBay Does About-Face in Decision to Spin Off PayPalNew York TimesEbay…
Businessweek Alibaba Should Buy eBay. Who Wants PayPal?BusinessweekEBay (EBAY) has decided that Carl Icahn was right after all, and said on Tuesday that it would spin off PayPal into an independent company, a move it until now roundly opposed. The company says now is the time to split because PayPal does a decreasing … More: continued…
Batman-News These are the Batman stamps Gotham deservesThe VergeIt's the 75th anniversary of Batman, so the caped crusader is getting an appropriate tribute courtesy the United States Postal Service. A new stamp collection featuring Batman will be released next month just prior to the New York Comic Con featuring …NYCC: USPS Issues Batman 75th Anniversary…