Cash Is Better Than Food Stamps in Helping Poor: Edward GlaeserBloombergMore about Edward Glaeser Newt Gingrich has been castigated for referring to President Barack Obama as the “best food-stamp president in American history.” I, too, dislike the former House speaker's inflammatory phrasing. Yet I am also troubled by the …and …

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Auctionbytes Tech Ticker: German Apple ban overturned, Photoshop for iPad, eBay mobile revenueContra Costa TimeseBay (EBAY) forecast robust growth in its mobile commerce segment as the online commerce and auction site expects more people to shop and pay via smartphones. The San Jose company has been making a particularly strong …

There are a lot of changes coming to eBay in 2012, and you can find an overview in Tuesday's Newsflash newsletter . To help answer sellers questions, EcommerceBytes has put together a guide to eBay's first Seller Release of the year. More: continued here

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Camden New Journal newspapers website Post office cashier who stole money from 'very vulnerable' pensioners is …Camden New Journal newspapers websiteby TOM FOOT A POST office cashier who scammed two vulnerable and elderly women has been jailed for 14 months. Ketan Patel, 23, appeared at Blackfriars Crown Court yesterday (Monday) …

MASSENA — Authorities say two young Amish children are in critical condition after their horse-drawn buggy was rear-ended by a FedEx truck on a northern New York road. State police say the accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. Monday on Route 37 in the town of Massena, on the Canadian… More: …

Environmental Leader Ebay Data Center Achieves 1.35 PUE with Green Grid TechniquesEnvironmental LeaderInternet auction site Ebay used guidelines set by nonprofit environmental IT consortium Green Grid to help build a modular data center with a power usage effectiveness ratio of 1.35. The data center in Phoenix, Ariz, recorded the PUE …

The Royal Mail is planning to keep stamp prices this Christmas the same as last year for people of "modest" means, the postal group's chief executive revealed. More: continued here