Letter: Instead of paying for food stamps, let's raise minimum wageThe ColoradoanWe taxpayers do subsidize employers who pay minimum wage (McDonald's, Walmart, similar) by providing food stamps to the working poor, including their employees. Walmart derives the most revenue from food stamps than any retailer, and its employees …and more » More: continued here
Rare 1856 stamp could bring millions at New York auctionLongview News-JournalThe stamp went into circulation after a shipment of stamps was delayed from London and the postmaster asked printers for the Royal Gazette newspaper in Georgetown in British Guiana to produce three stamps until the shipment arrived: A 1-cent magenta, … More: continued here
Dan Maffei finds out what it's like to live on food stampsThe Post-StandardCongressman Dan Maffei signs the SMG white board before he gets a tour of the new office of Syracuse Media Group by Media Group president Tim Kennedy this summer. Maffei is finding out what it's like to live on food stamps this week….
abc11.com Federal regulators pleased for now with North Carolina on food stampsabc11.comAP By GARY D. ROBERTSON. RALEIGH — Federal regulators said Friday they're satisfied for now with North Carolina's efforts to eliminate a large backlog of food stamp applications that threatened funding for the state to continue administering the program.and more » More: continued here
Stamp, Said to Have Mystique and Majesty, to Sell for Millions 'Valley NewsIn this undated photo provided by Sotheby's Auction House, the one-cent 1856 British Guiana stamp is shown. Already having set three price records for the sale of a single stamp, the stamp is poised to set a fourth when it is offered at…
TMZ.com Beyonce — Half-Brother Needs Food Stamps To Eat — Dad's The Bad GuyTMZ.comBeyonce's dad is so far behind on child support payments for his illegitimate kid … his baby mama is destitute and has to use food stamps to survive. We're told Alexsandra Wright hasn't seen any money from Mathew Knowles since we posted…
British colonial postage stamp could bring millions at NYC auction, could set …Minneapolis Star TribuneThree times in its long history, the 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has broken the auction record for a single stamp. Now, it's poised to become the world's most valuable stamp again. Sotheby's predicts…
Rare Stamp Could Bring Millions at AuctionNBCNews.com6 days. Rare Stamp Could Bring Millions at Auction. It could be called "The Little Stamp That Could." Three times in its long history, the 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has broken the auction record for a … More: continued here
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Stamps.com lost 6.9% to $35.97 Friday after posting mixed results for the fourth quarter and a weak outlook for 2014. In its fourth quarter results Stamps.com posted earnings of 61 cents a share, beating analyst estimates of 54 cents a share by 7 cents. The company missed revenue estimates, however, posting revenue…
Cut food stamps, increase hungerCt PostIn November, after a temporary financial boost from the Recovery Act expired, some 47 million Americans lost a portion of their food stamps, one of the nation's most effective anti-poverty programs. Those cuts, along with the effects of sequestration … More: continued here