Wall Street Journal EBay Payments Unit in Talks to Accept BitcoinWall Street JournalEBay Inc. has been quietly working to integrate acceptance of the virtual currency into its Braintree payments subsidiary, part of its PayPal unit, according to people familiar with the matter. Those people said PayPal officials have meet in …
Read More »50 Senators Call for Moratorium on USPS Facility Closures (Updated) – Roll Call (blog)
50 Senators Call for Moratorium on USPS Facility Closures (Updated)Roll Call (blog)Updated: 5:05 p.m. | A bipartisan group of 50 senators urged appropriators Thursday to include a provision in year-end, catchall spending legislation that would prevent the U.S. Post Office from closing more mail-processing facilities in the next … More: …
Read More »Sports bar turned post office? US Postal Service considering former Overtime … – The Patriot-News
Sports bar turned post office? US Postal Service considering former Overtime …The Patriot-NewsThe former Overtime Sports Bar and Grill, at 312 Mill St., is one of the properties being considered as the United States Postal Service looks for a new location for its Hershey post office. The bar is shown …
Read More »Why eBay’s 2014 database breach was one of the worst ever
According to eBay, this cyberattack compromised about 145 million user records. This is one of the worst database compromises in history. More: continued here
Read More »Ebay in talks to take bitcoins at payments unit : WSJ
Ebay Inc's (EBAY.O) PayPal is in talks with Coinbase Inc and other bitcoin transaction providers to integrate the virtual currency within its Braintree payments system, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Executives at PayPal, which owns the service that handles payments for startups from room-bookings network AirBnB to car-on-demand …
Read More »Seth Klarman's The Baupost Group Buys eBay, SunEdison Semiconductor, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, …
Legendary value investor, hedge fund manager Seth Klarman (Trades, Portfolio) just reported his second quarter portfolio. More: continued here
Read More »Icahn adds to eBay, Navistar stakes – MarketWatch
Icahn adds to eBay, Navistar stakesMarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn made headlines revealing his stake in media company Gannett Co. (NYSE:GCI) on Thursday, but he also revealed that he took bigger stakes in eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Navistar International … More: continued here
Read More »El Segundo post office will reopen Monday after 6-month closure – Daily Breeze
El Segundo post office will reopen Monday after 6-month closureDaily BreezeThe city of El Segundo's only post office will reopen Monday morning, six months after a broken water pipe caused extensive damage. All mail services, including P.O. boxes and bulk business mail, will be available at the 2130 E. Mariposa …
Read More »Can the post office save itself by becoming a bank?
Could the US Postal Service improve its financial position by becoming a bank? And could it change the financial sector for the better in the process? More: continued here
Read More »Man Puts Pristine Copy Of Action Comics No. 1 On eBay, Seeks Millions – Cinema Blend
Cinema Blend Man Puts Pristine Copy Of Action Comics No. 1 On eBay, Seeks MillionsCinema BlendIn today's blockbuster culture, superhero movies earn hundreds of millions of dollars without batting an eye. Even superhero sequels that are considered “failures” because they underperform still post global totals in the $700-million range. (I'm …
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