MSNBC Panel Slams 'Shameless' GOPers on Food StampsNewsBusters (blog)On Thursday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC host Al Sharpton complained about "shameless" Republicans trying to cut food stamp benefits and creating "a whole bunch of ugly names for people who need a little help," as he was joined by MSNBC.com Executive … More: continued here
Soldiers who 'stole kit and sold it on eBay' sentencedBBC NewsThree serving soldiers stole uniform and body armour from army stores and sold it on eBay, a court has heard. Phillip Wesley, 25, from Birmingham, Nick Chauntry, 23, and Courtney Green-Smith, 23, from Nottingham, stole the items while serving with the … More: continued here
South African Post Office looks to technology to improve its efficiency, while searching for ways of becoming more relevant More: continued here
Darrell Issa: Okay, new plan for fixing the Post OfficeHot AirThe relevant Democrats have shut down more subsequent attempts to do at least some cost-cutting with measures like closing hundreds of post offices and ending Saturday mail delivery, never mind that some of these are reforms that the Postal Service … More: continued here
eBay Gets Physical With A Street-Side Sales Kiosk For Kate Spade SaturdayTechCrunchOn the heels of eBay CEO John Donahoe's statement at TC Disrupt in April that the company would be using mobile technology to push further into offline commerce, eBay's Retail Innovation team unveiled its second project: four pop-up storefronts created … More: continued here
POST Office workers are set to go on strike after union talks over pay, office closures and job security stalled, it was announced today. More: continued here
Darrell Issa's Surprising Compromise to Fix the Post OfficeBusinessweekPostal worker unions and their mostly Democratic allies in Congress sometimes portray Darrell Issa as a malevolent figure bent on destroying the U.S. Postal Service. They point to what they considered a highly partisan bill that the Republican …Even the US Government Doesn't Want to Use the…
The smallest companies will be allowed free access to a database of Britain’s postcodes to help develop new business, Royal Mail has said. More: continued here
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On the heels of eBay CEO John Donahoe’s statement at TC Disrupt in April that the company would be using mobile technology to push further into offline commerce, eBay’s Retail Innovation team unveiled its second project: four pop-up storefronts created for the fashion line Kate Spade Saturday that will be live from June 8 to…