CBS Local Cash-Strapped US Post Office Tests Same-Day SF DeliveryCBS LocalThe delivery program, called Metro Post, seeks to build on the post office's double-digit growth in package volume to help offset steady declines in first-class and standard mail. It's projected to generate between $10 million and $50 million in new …Now Post Office Tests Same-Day…
Baseball Nation eBay Item of the Day: Overrated but ValuedBaseball NationWhich Hall of Fame player has the worst credentials for being there? My money has always been on 19th Century outfielder Tommy McCarthy. Now that we have the modern metrics, it turns out that was a pretty good hunch. McCarthy has the lowest WAR of…
eBay Option Traders Target New HighsSchaeffers ResearchCalls are heating up on eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY – 50.49) today, with speculators gambling on more short-term upside for the online auctioneer. Around midday, the stock has already seen around 24,000 calls cross the tape — about four times its typical …and more » More: continued here
New York Daily News France's post office unveils Hermès stampNew York Daily NewsHermès is adding its own touch of luxury to the annual "Heart" stamp collection issued by France's postal services, La Poste. Designers were inspired to turn some of the French luxury brand's iconic scarves into stamps and Zoé Pauwels's design was … More:…
Ocean City locations open for disaster food stampsShore News TodayThe Cape May County Board of Social Services will be taking Disaster Food Stamp Assistance applications for those affected by Hurricane Sandy now through Dec. 4. The Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) is administered by the … More: continued here
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Cyber Monday's online sales got off to a brisk start, sending e-commerce retailers' shares higher and suggesting strong growth from earlier in the holiday shopping season would continue through December. Sales on eBay Inc's online marketplace were particularly strong and Amazon.com Inc continued its rapid holiday shopping season growth, according to…
ChannelAdvisor said client sales on eBay Inc's online marketplace jumped 57 percent from a year before early on Cyber Monday. The sales growth rate was five times higher than during the same period last … More: continued here
Globe and Mail Toronto Argos get special Grey Cup stamp from Canada PostToronto SunPresses at the Lowe-Martin plant in Ottawa began rolling Monday to print the first Grey Cup Champions Stamp ever issued. Canada Post's John Caines said there will be 30,000 booklets of 10 letter-rate 61-cent stamps. With more than 53,000 fans packing …Stamps…
Afro American Cory Booker, food stamps, and looking great with the Poverty DietFeministe (blog)Newark, NJ, Mayor Cory Booker and a Twitter follower will be living on food stamps for a week following a Twitter discussion about the role of government in funding school breakfast and lunch programs. Follower TwitWit asserted that “nutrition is not …From…
Food stamps help feed more than one million ArizonansCronkite NewsCurrently 17 percent of Arizonans benefit from food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according the the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The federally funded program is helping Arizonans in record numbers this year and … More: continued here