Ask Mint | Why investors fall prey to Ponzi schemesLivemint, IndiaPonzi operated something that was said to involve arbitrage in International Reply Coupons (IRCs) for postage stamps, a kind of scheme many investors didn't fully understand. IRCs purchased in one country could be used to get postage stamps in another …Ponzi …

MSN Money UK More than half of companies to freeze wagesTimes Online, UKRoyal Mail risked a showdown with unions when it said last week that none of its 181000 staff would get an increase because of the impact of the economic downturn and its loss of business to electronic mail. The …

'Hand of God' rock being sold on eBayCNN InternationalPaul Grayhek, 52, listed the rock formation he dubbed the "Hand of God Rock Wall" on the online auction Web site eBay. The highest bid was $250 early Sunday, with three days left to go in the auction. The hand-like formation, approximately …

Philippines News Royal Mail cutting costs by cutting postiesPhilippines News, PhilippinesIn the UK, all Royal Mail staff will face a pay freeze this year, with cost cutting in the offing. The mail company has warned it will soon sell off parts of the organisation and may not be able to increase …

Selling the idea of an eBay storeAnnapolis Capital, MDIn the comedy, love interest Trish owns a small business, We Sell Your Stuff on eBay, in a strip mall where confused customers harass her with questions of why they can't just buy the items in the store. Now, the idea has more …

Stamps heading campBCLocalNews, CanadaIn his second season with the Stamps, Labinjo started 15 games and appeared in 17 including the West Final and Grey Cup last year. Labinjo tied for first on the team with a career-high five sacks and was second with six tackles for loss. … More: continued here

Cleaning out can be simpleNews Chief, FLSell newer books on sites like Amazon.com or Half.com, an eBay company with fixed prices and no listing fees. If the book is autographed, a first edition or was written by a high profile author who has passed away, consider listing it on eBay, … …

Straits Times Undoing Meg Whitman's eBayNew York Times, United StatesBy Saul Hansell Before voting for Meg Whitman for governor, California residents would do well to consider what has been happening at eBay since she stepped down as chief executive. John Donahoe, her successor, has pretty much disassembled all of her …EBay …

Indiana slow in approving food stampsFort Wayne Journal Gazette, INDuring the final quarter of 2008, Indiana's welfare agency failed to process almost a third of food stamp applications within its goal of two months, falling short of federal guidelines and leaving thousands of Hoosiers waiting for help. … More: continued here

Kenosha News.com Artist wins Great Lakes trout, salmon stamp contestKenosha News.com, WIBY JOHN KREROWICZ Kenosha wildlife artist Jim Tostrud has told the story for six years about the fish stamp prize that got away. But that's changed now that his painting of a Seeforellen brown trout reeled in a first-place award …