Analyst Update: Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NOK), eBay Inc (EBAY), and Michael …Schaeffers Research (blog)Stocks are higher across the board this afternoon, with traders cautiously optimistic ahead of the upcoming Beige Book release from the Federal Reserve. Among the names drawing notable analyst notes in today's trading are Finnish tech concern …
Read More »Fox Peddles Misleading Food Stamp Special To Members Of Congress – Media Matters for America
stjoechannel.com Fox Peddles Misleading Food Stamp Special To Members Of CongressMedia Matters for AmericaFox News is peddling its recent misleading special on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, to members of Congress in an attempt to influence an upcoming vote on legislation that would cut …
Read More »Google, eBay set sights on same-day delivery – Monterey County Herald
Google, eBay set sights on same-day deliveryMonterey County HeraldGoogle and eBay are jumping into the hypercompetitive brick-and-mortar retail industry to fend off Amazon.com Inc., the retail colossus that is forging ahead with its own same-day delivery tests. By offering their services to struggling retailers and …Why Use Ebay and Amazon …
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When talking about food stamps (or SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as it’s now called), many people imagine that it’s primarily an urban benefit—think Ronald Regan’s “welfare queen” living on the South Side of Chicago. That image still persists today: When talking about government nutrition assistance, news stories are often …
Read More »Waiver That Allowed 20000 Kansans To Receive Food Stamps To Expire Oct. 1 – KMUW
KMBZ Waiver That Allowed 20000 Kansans To Receive Food Stamps To Expire Oct. 1KMUWA federal waiver that allowed about 20,000 unemployed Kansas residents to receive food assistance will be allowed to expire at the end of the month. The Kansas Department for Children and Families says able-bodied adults with no …
Read More »Facebook Security Issues Might Stymie Payments Push – Investor’s Business Daily
Facebook Security Issues Might Stymie Payments PushInvestor’s Business DailyeBay's (EBAY) PayPal, the world's No. 1 online payment system. Other contenders in online payments include Google (GOOG). Analysts say the idea has merit — and challenges — for Facebook. One big hurdle is whether users would trust the social network … More: …
Read More »Lufkin man sentenced for trying to rob post office in Woodville
BEAUMONT — A 30-year-old Lufkin man has been sentenced to federal prison for robbing a post office in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. More: continued here
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Ask Babe: Will Helmar baseball stamps paste some cash in collector's wallet?The RepublicDear Babe: I was going through a bag of early 1900s postage stamps and came across three baseball cards or stamps of sorts (image attached). They show Jimmy Sheckard of Chicago, Nat., Dots Miller of Pittsburgh, Nat., and …
Read More »Lufkin man gets 30 years for robbing Woodville post office
A Lufkin man Wednesday was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for robbing the U.S. Post Office in Woodville. According to a news release issued Wednesday by the office of U.S. Attorney John M. Bales, Keith DeWayne Bailey, 30, of Lufkin, pleaded guilty on June 19, 2013, to post …
Read More »Texan gets prison for trying to rob post office – KHOU
Texan gets prison for trying to rob post officeKHOUBEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — An East Texas man has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for trying to rob a U.S. Postal Service office last fall. Federal prosecutors in Beaumont on Wednesday announced the sentence for 30-year-old Keith DeWayne …Lufkin man …
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