Voucher handout goes smoothlyTaipei Times, Taiwan –9 hours agoTseng Chin-hsiung (曾錦雄), Chunghwa Post mail business and operation department director, said each post office in charge of distributing the vouchers was …560000 received shopping vouchers in second stage of distributioneTaiwan Newsall 2 news articles More: continued here

Opinion: The New Deal didn't work? Don't believe itSan Jose Mercury News,  USA –5 hours agoMark Zandi, former McCain campaign economic adviser and chief economist of Moody's Economy.com, has said that extending food stamps does, in fact, … More: continued here

BBC News Illegal knives sold on eBayThe Press Association –3 hours agoThe online auction site eBay admitted it needed to do more to protect its members after illegal knives were sold on "the world's online marketplace". …Knives sold on eBayTeleTextall 95 news articles More: continued here

I just left there and had a thoroughly frustrating experience. It has nothing to do with the staff. It has to do with the environment surrounding the post office. More: continued here

THE CLOSURE of hub operations by American logistics giant Federal Express Corp. (FedEx) in Subic won’t have a major effect on the Philippine business, but low demand caused by the global economic slowdown have forced the local FedEx franchisee to reduce flights in the coming months. More: continued here

Recession victims apply in droves for food stamps and seek help in paying rent More: continued here

Four new postal stamps highlighting the personal history of Abraham Lincoln are set to be released on Monday as the nation commemorates Lincoln’s 200th birthday this week. The 42-cent stamps depict Lincoln as a rail-splitter, a lawyer, a politician and a president. A ceremony marking the release of the stamps …

The state is trying for a second time to sell the car of former Education Commissioner Jon Draud on eBay — after no one met the reserve price the first time. More: continued here

Amazon vs. eBay: Follow Up Q&ASeeking Alpha, NY –5 hours agoEarlier in the week, I started a series around the battle between eBay (EBAY) and Amazon (AMZN) – here. Before I get into Episode II, I wanted to answer … More: continued here

Gordon Brown is being urged to scrap, or at least postpone, plans to part privatise Royal Mail in the face of a growing revolt by Labour MPs. More: continued here