Security cameras at a Houston home caught a FedEx driver seemingly pick up the homeowner's two puppies and drive off with them; Wildlife rescue groups are asking people to sew mittens for injured koalas.
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FedEx Corp. agreed to buy Dutch parcel-delivery company TNT Express NV for 4.4 billion euros ($4.8 billion), predicting it can succeed where bigger rival United Parcel Service Inc. was blocked by regulators in 2013. UPS in January 2012 offered 9.50 euros for each TNT share before pulling out of the transaction a year later. TNT…
Fortune How Walmart plans to take on eBay, Amazon with an improved marketplace – FortuneFortuneIn the meantime, the company has been making progress. ChannelAdvisor, which provides tech to marketplace operators including Walmart, estimates Walmart is now #3 among marketplaces, but growing more quickly than Amazon or eBay, albeit from a … More: continued here
CBSSports.com (blog) Ohio State, S. Carolina: Items signed by Miller, Clowney OK on eBayCBSSports.com (blog)The reports this week that Johnny Manziel was paid by autograph brokers to sign items for later sale might merely be the tip of a very large NCAA eligibility-threatening iceberg, as the collection of one eBay memorabilia salesman makes clear. More:…
DETROIT (AP) — A day after Chrysler LLC told a quarter of its dealers that it won’t renew their contracts, owners of General Motors Corp. dealerships are awaiting word on whether they will be next. GM said it will notify 1,100 U.S. dealers on Friday that their franchise agreements will not be renewed. Dealers expect…
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Power Retail Sellers Confused after eBay Changed Best Offer FlowEcommerceBytes (blog)eBay caused confusion after it changed the way it allows sellers to respond to Best Offers from shoppers looking to haggle. A reader explained she received an offer on an item but couldn't find how to accept it. "When clicking on "respond to offer …eBay…