Bloomberg EBay to Split Off PayPal as Mobile Payments Gain GroundBloombergEBay Inc. (EBAY), the world's biggest online marketplace, said it would split off its payments arm PayPal, finally bowing to pressure from activist shareholder Carl Icahn after nine months. EBay and PayPal will become independent companies in 2015 … More: …
Read More »Small post offices to cut hours
Beginning Monday, the post office on Route 202 in Winthrop will reduce its hours and a familiar face will be stepping away from the counter. David Shepherd has spent 35 years working for the U.S. Postal Service, the last 12 serving as the postmaster for the office in East Winthrop. …
Read More »Small post offices to cut hours – WMTW Portland
Small post offices to cut hoursWMTW PortlandRural post offices in Maine are going through a transition. In 2012, the Postal Service released what it called the “Post Plan,” which will cut windows at rural post offices as an alternative to closing them. Starting next week, more than 200 post… More: …
Read More »Post Office hiring 170 seasonal positions in CLE
The United States Postal Service announced on Tuesday it is looking to hire 170 seasonal positions in Cleveland. More: continued here
Read More »Factbox – EBay CEO's comments since January on PayPal spinoff
(Reuters) – EBay Inc agreed on Tuesday to spin off its payments unit, PayPal, in the second half of 2015, after rebuffing activist investor Carl Icahn's proposal in January. Following are comments by eBay Chief Executive John Donahoe on PayPal spinoff since then: Jan. 22 – During fourth-quarter earnings call …
Read More »eBay to split off PayPal online payment business – BBC News
BBC News eBay to split off PayPal online payment businessBBC NewsE-commerce site eBay is planning to split off its payments system PayPal into a separate company. News of the move, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2015, sent eBay's shares 7% higher. It is a …
Read More »U.S. Postal Service gives its emphatic stamp of approval to iconic American chefs – Chicago Business Journal
Chicago Business Journal U.S. Postal Service gives its emphatic stamp of approval to iconic American chefsChicago Business JournalAs promised, the United States Postal Service has lifted the curtain on a series of limited edition celebrity chef postage stamps, which officially went on sale yesterday at post offices around the country. …
Read More »eBay and PayPal split: Two other spin-offs that make sense
Michael Crofton of Philadelphia Trust has two more spin-offs that make sense More: continued here
Read More »Ebay And PayPal To Split: Carl Icahn And Elon Musk Wish Comes True – Forbes
Forbes Ebay And PayPal To Split: Carl Icahn And Elon Musk Wish Comes TrueForbesEbay Ebay and PayPal are going their separate ways. Today eBay announced that its fast growing PayPal division will be spun off as a new company in 2015. In 2013 PayPal moved $180 billion in 26 currencies …
Read More »Ebay to spin off payments arm PayPal – Financial Times
Ebay to spin off payments arm PayPalFinancial TimesEbay is spinning off its PayPal unit as a separate company, handing a major victory to activist investor Carl Icahn over the future of the rapidly growing payments processing unit acquired 12 years ago by the ecommerce group. The US company announced … …
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