Ex-Alamo postal worker gets 18 months for theftSan Francisco ChronicleA former post office worker in Alamo has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for using counterfeit $100 bills to buy money orders. Emmanuel Esezebor, 51, of Hayward, a postal employee since 2001, was convicted in October of stealing $13800 …East Bay post office…
The U.S. economy is improving but would be even healthier if the tax code was changed to give companies more incentives to invest, the head of FedEx told CNBC Thursday. More: continued here
Daily Mail Kate Middleton to visit National Portrait gallery and will be spending …Daily MailAs revealed by the Mail last month, Kate today confirmed she will strike out on her own as a working member of the Royal Family with a visit to the National Portrait Gallery's Lucian Freud exhibition next Wednesday followed by an…
AuctionBytes Blog (blog) Amazon Takes a Swing at Sports Collectibles SpaceAuctionBytes Blog (blog)Amazon made another move towards eBay's collectibles space with the announcement today that it was launching a new Sports Collectibles Store. "Offering more than two million unique collectibles from major sports leagues and sporting events," according …Amazon.com Gets More Active in Sports Collectibles,…
U.S. Food-Stamp Use Declined 0.2% in November, Government SaysBloombergUS food-stamp use in November fell for the second straight month as the unemployment rate declined, the government said. About 46.134 million Americans received aid, down 0.2 percent from a revised 46.228 million in October, the US Department of …and more » More: continued here
New York Times (blog) Building a Formula One Car the eBay WayNew York Times (blog)Kevin Anthony, a 47-year-old resident of Brighton, England, is building a grand prix racecar for less than a tenth of that price with parts gathered from eBay. Naturally, he has had to make some considerable compromises. He bought a tub produced…
Mountain View businesses that move large amounts of mail through the Post Office may soon have to make a trip to Los Altos to do so, according to a new proposal from the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here
As a retired Postal Service employee, I have been following the problems and subsequent closing of the Bangor Post Office with skepticism. More: continued here
Financial Times Stamps can deliver first-class potentialFinancial TimesIt could be coins of Charles I, pre-1917 Russian city bonds, or US postage stamps. What adds value is the fact that the number of complete collections is finite – limited by the availability of the rarest item. That is one reason why auction prices for … More:…
Food Stamps: An Economic Safety NetNew America Foundation (blog)Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut held a press conference today to discuss the important role that SNAP (Supplemental Nutritiona Assistance Program, or food stamps) plays in forming an economic safety net. Elise Gould from the Economic Policy …Experts Emphasize Importance of SNAP Benefits in RecessionMarketWatch (press release)all…