Critics say welfare changes cost Ind. $100M so farChicago Tribune, United StatesBy KEN KUSMER | AP Writers INDIANAPOLIS – Those living in a swath of 12 north central counties with some of Indiana's highest unemployment — and the test region for the state's welfare modernization — lost food stamps and other …

Three eBay consignment businesses in North Texas have merged and intend to expand nationally. Arlington-based Easysale, Inc. merged with Dallas-Fort Worth’s two iSold It on eBay franchisees to help individuals and businesses sell items on eBay. More: continued here

UberGizmo Rare Nintendo Test Cartridge on eBayGamespy.com, CATechEBlog pointed out an eBay auction a few days ago concerning an NES Joystick Test Cartridge. With a little over two days still to go on the auction, 14 people have bid on the item, pushing the current bid over $1000. Obviously, the appeal …

Sometimes, it pays not to be rich. I thought that to myself several months ago when I walked out of then-FedEx Kinko’s in Clovis several months ago after I successfully bargained down a $140 piece of print work by 20 percent. More: continued here

AuctionBytes Blog eBay Bucks Loyalty Program Launches in BetaAuctionBytes Blog, MAeBay is rolling out a loyalty program called eBay Bucks, which it had tested last year with tens of thousands of users in a 3-month pilot program. Not everyone will be invited into the new program right away – during the …

Ending the Post Office MonopolyCabot Wealth Advisory, MABut it's become identified with the USPS because back in 1896-97, when the New York City General Post Office was being designed, Mitchell Kendal, an employee for the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, came up with the idea of engraving …Resource Map to …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Critics of the privatization of Indiana’s welfare system say it already has cost the state $100 million in lost economic activity in just the portion of the state where benefits have been automated. More: Local News        The Indiana Home Care Task Force also says participation …

Auction is already over $1,000 for a completely useless NES cart. Collectors. I’ll never understand ’em. TechEBlog pointed out an eBay auction a few days ago concerning an NES Joystick Test Cartridge . With a little over two days still to go on the auction, 14 people have bid on …

The Royal Australian Air Force is celebrating its 88th birthday today. More: continued here

Bolton to be wiped off postal mapThe Bolton News, UKFrom next year, Bolton’s mail will be sorted in Manchester, and the Royal Mail says it would be too difficult to treat Bolton’s mail differently to the rest of Greater Manchester’s. Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South East, who has been campaigning …