eBay And Amazon Take Different Sides In Online State Sales Tax DebateNASDAQTwo of the biggest e-commerce companies Amazon ( AMZN ) and eBay ( EBAY ) have opposing views on whether online retailers should collect sales taxes or not. Amazon.com, switched sides in the 20-year old fight and now collects …

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PolicyMic Both Obama and Republicans Are Responsible for the Increase in Food Stamps…PolicyMicBoth Obama and Republicans Are Responsible for the Increase in Food Stamps Use. Republicans are jumping on the news that participation in the food stamps program hit a new record of 46.7 million individuals in June (about one …

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CBS News Food stamp use up sharply in La even before IsaacKSLA-TVNEW ORLEANS (AP) – U.S. Department of Agriculture data show that Louisiana had a big increase in food stamp use even before Hurricane Isaac and approval of emergency food stamps. The Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/TvoP3F ) reports that Louisiana tied …FEMA …

BBC News Gold postbox honour for Lincoln's Sophie WellsBBC News"The two girls [Wells and Baker] who'd never been to a Games before have shone, those who'd been to other Games have shone, the whole thing has been a great success." The postbox is one of about 80 that have so …

CEDAR PARK, Texas — The city of Cedar Park is honoring one of their fallen. Family and friends are gathering for the renaming of a local post office on Friday. The post office on East Whitestone Boulevard will be named in honor of Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris. He died …

Posties among best in countryNW Evening MailIt comes after Royal Mail workers in the area beat their delivery target for first class post – getting 96.7 per cent of parcels and letters to their destination the day after posting. Only their counterparts in Perth, Scotland, did better between …and more » …

Long-Term, Post Office Troubles Bound to Benefit FedEx and UPS SharesYChartsThe U.S. Postal Service is in dire straights, and this, ironically, is both good and bad news for the two big shipping companies that compete with it. But as USPS takes on cost-cutting measures that will make its own services …

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