eBay has acquired Seattle-based price-prediction startup Decide.com, and the service will shut down on Sept. 30. The entire team will head over to eBay to help the e-commerce giant improve its experience through predictive modeling. The entire team except Co-founder and CTO Oren Etzioni, that is: […] More: continued here

Royal Mail will pledge to pay hundreds of millions of pounds in dividends to City shareholders in an attempt to win private sector support for its £3bn privatisation, Sky News has learnt. The company will … More: continued here

Why Is One-Sixth of US on Food Stamps?Wall Street Journal (blog)Food-stamp use grew 2.3% in June from a year earlier, with one-sixth of the U.S. population receiving benefits. Illinois showed the largest enrollment increase from last year with a 14.7% gain, according to Agriculture Department data released Friday. More: continued …

The e-commerce giant acquires the team and technology behind shopping research Web site Decide.com. [Read more]         More: continued here

NME.com Unwashed urinals taken from Manchester's Hacienda being sold on eBayNME.comMike Shepherd has converted the loos into a display cabinet for his extensive collection of posters and records from the time, all of which are also up for sale as he attempts to fund the purchase of a new house. …

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eBay acquires Decide.com, shopping research site will shut down Sept. 30GeekWireeBay is buying Seattle startup Decide.com, gobbling up the online shopping research service that predicted whether prices were going up or down on consumer electronics, housewares and other products. As part of the deal, the Decide.com service will …Price Comparison …

Royal Mail To Pledge City Dividend BonanzaYahoo! News UKRoyal Mail will pledge to pay hundreds of millions of pounds in dividends to City shareholders in an attempt to win private sector support for its £3bn privatisation, Sky News has learnt. The company will make the promise as part of a …

Deseret News How food stamps keep families in a cycle of povertyDeseret NewsJimmy and Melissa say they would like to get off food stamps altogether and go it on their own, but the rules governing eligibility for the program make it hard. In particular, federal policy stipulates that no matter …

It has been almost five years since I retired as New Canaan's Postmaster. Several residents have kept in touch and a few have recently reached out with concerns regarding the post office's pending relocation. Many of you may remember the move of the letter carrier operation to Stamford. More: continued …