Alibaba News Channel Standing Up to a GiantAlibaba News Channel, NEW YORKEbay aims to conquer China. Jack Ma's local heroes are doing handstands to repel the American invasion. By Justin Doebele Forbes, March 18, 2005 – Ebay has conquered online auctioning, racking up $778 million in profit last year on a …

French and Benelux stocks – Factors to watch on April 20ReutersRoyal Mail wants to keep its stake. E.ON (EONGn.DE) wants to partially sell its stake in the Nord Stream Baltic Sea pipeline company to GDF Suez, according to German weekly WirtschaftsWoche. Belgian Economy Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne has asked … …

Alice Mahon: Why I could stay and fight no longerIndependent, UKThe decision to privatise the Royal Mail is inexplicable and simply wrong. We said in our 2005 manifesto we would not privatise Royal Mail; we lied. That manifesto promised a referendum on the European Constitution, we renamed it the Lisbon Treaty …

Passport fair will be heldDeseret News, UTWEST JORDAN — A passport fair will run from 9 am to 1 pm Saturday at the West Jordan Post Office, 7901S. 3200 West. The event will offer customers one-stop shopping for passports and passport cards. No appointment is needed. …Passports to be required for …

From Six-Figure Salaries To Food StampsCBS 2, CAAndrew Balzer never thought he would be standing in line for food stamps. After working in the corporate world as a staff recruiter, he was laid off in November. He had a six-figure income. Now he has a case worker. "The household income is …

Lincoln Stamps Bring Neary $2 Million at a New York AuctionNew York Times, United StatesSold for $149600: a rare block of 1869 Lincoln stamps. A good part of that myth is owed to Lincoln's appearance on postage stamps. The first one, a black 15-cent stamp, was issued in 1866, a year …

Why did food stamp benefits decline?Wisconsin State Journal, WI31, was recently informed that his monthly benefit through Wisconsin's version of the food stamps program — called foodshare — would drop to $16. This was seven days after he was told his benefit of $176 was increasing to $200. … More: continued …

Record numbers of Montanans collecting food stampsGreat Falls Tribune, MTAP • April 19, 2009 More than 1 in 11 Montanans now use food stamps to help cover their grocery bills. At the start of April, they received a record $10.6 million in food stamp benefits. It was the first time food …

Providence Journal As economy sours, more turning to food stampsProvidence Journal, RIBy Cynthia Needham Sheila Joost, a clerk with the Department of Human Services, which administers the food stamp program, works at the Warwick office. PROVIDENCE — The men and women who appear at Chantelle Gonzalez's desk wear anxious expressions and …

Postal worker stole nearly $700k in stamps, feds sayOhMyGov!, DCA US Postal Service window clerk and his associate were nabbed in an undercover bust for pocketing over a half million dollars in stamps, and reselling them on eBay, according to a federal indictment. The Maryland US Attorney's Office said Elkridge … …