EBay To Launch Marketplace Platform In Brazil EBAY MELI AMZNInvestor’s Business DailyEBay (EBAY) is expected to take its first step in launching a marketplace platform in Brazil over the next few weeks, according to a local newspaper report. The move challenges Latin American e-commerce website MercadoLibre (MELI), Brazil's key online … …

Politico Anti-Hunger Advocates Put Pressure on Lawmakers Over Food Stamp BillNew York TimesWASHINGTON — More than 50 New Yorkers active in anti-hunger efforts, including leaders of food banks and soup kitchens, made their way to Washington last week for a day of lobbying. On Tuesday, the celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, …

News & Notes: Historic Palmer Square post office building placed on saleThe Daily PrincetonianThe Palmer Square location of the Princeton Post Office has been placed on sale, a year after the United States Postal Service first announced plans to sell the historic building. The Postal Service has occupied the 11,500-square-foot …

Royal Mail— You don't know what you've got 'til it's goneThe Courier (blog)Successive governments have struggled with the issue of funding the Royal Mail and reports of its profits have generally made depressing reading. Frankly, I've always thought the idea of profit checks on a public service was flawed. In …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House plans to vote today on a bill that cuts food stamps by nearly $40 billion over 10 years, a move that would eliminate benefits for 40,000 Minnesotans. More: continued here

EBay To Launch Marketplace Platform In Brazil: ReportInvestor’s Business DailyEBay (EBAY) is expected to take its first step in launching a marketplace platform in Brazil over the next few weeks, according to a local newspaper report. The move challenges Latin American e-commerce website MercadoLibre (MELI), Brazil's key online … More: continued …

AMZN, EBAY: 12% August US Online Spending Growth as Expected, Says RBCBarron’s (blog)RBC Capital Markets's Mark Mahaney this evening writes that data released by comScore (SCOR) indicate U.S. online shopping in August rose 12%, year over year, to $26.1 billion, including retail purchases and travel buying. Excluding travel, retail … More: …

NPR (blog) White House vows to veto Republican bill to cut food stampsReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday threatened to veto a Republican-written bill nearing a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives that would cut food stamps for the poor by $40 billion over a decade and …

Food stamp rise belies economic recoveryUSA TODAYYet in the span of a few hours Sunday morning, dozens of shoppers queued up at an unmarked awning near the market's entrance, each handing over a bright orange debit card that allows them to buy fresh fruits and vegetables with federal food stamp …and …

The Royal Mail launched a collection of stamps to commemorate the servicemen of Merchant Navy sailors in Greenwich, London today. More: continued here