Spotlight on hunger: State official tries surviving on food stampsThe Ann Arbor News – MLive.com, MI –3 hours agoBut he and his wife decided to join about 300 residents on a food stamp challenge, trying to survive on $5.87 a day for a week to draw attention to poverty … More: continued here
Next week, eBay Australia will make its new search the default on eBay.com.au. eBay has been testing its new search on “Playground,” an area where users were also allowed to try out the new search. More: continued here
Reuters eBay fears Christmas gloomScotsman, United Kingdom –3 hours agoONLINE auction site eBay has warned that its business is likely to suffer over Christmas because of the slowing economy, despite reporting strong …Wall Street slices eBay's future earnings estimates and price targetsCNET NewseBay Exploring Other Areas of GrowthTheStreet.comLet's Rename eBayMotley FoolMarketWatch – Bizjournals.comall 498 news articles More: continued…
For the first time in the history of the company, eBays gross merchandise volume, the total sum of all transactions on the eBay Marketplace, fell. More: continued here
BBC News Mascot leads post office protestBBC News, UK –5 hours agoThe 6000-name petition, opposing the planned closure of the Sea View and Drummond Street post offices, is due to be handed in later on Friday. Post Office…Villagers lose PO as boss suddenly quitsCambridge Evening Newsall 2 news articles More: continued here
Men jailed for failed Consett post office raidChronicleLive, UK –1 hour agoDurham Crown Court heard how the plot to raid a post office had been dreamt up the night before when Alan Palmer, 29, and Paul Lee Davison, 20, …Post office raid planned during drunken nightNorthern Echoall 2 news articles More: continued here
Citigroup, Continental, eBay are big moversThe Associated Press –15 hours agoNASDAQ eBay Inc., down 36 cents at $14.97 The online auction operator gave a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter outlook, though third-quarter profit topped … More: continued here
For some reason, nobody is discussing this Democrat stronghold. CNN has resisted all temptation to dissect it. And Fox News has issued no rants. But there it is, over on Crowchild Trail — headquarters of the Calgary Stampeders. More: continued here
A resort mascot will present a 6,000-name petition to 10 Downing Street in protest at planned post office closures in Skegness More: continued here
Prince George’s County police say they have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a taxi driver near FedEx Field in the Landover area. More: continued here