Marketplace.org Food Stamps Don't Keep Walmart's Prices Low, They Keep Its Profits HighHuffington PostAs journalist Krissy Clark notes in Marketplace's valuable new series "The Secret Life of the Food Stamp," Walmart benefits from food stamps in multiple ways, as taxpayers both underwrite the company's food sales and also subsidize its …
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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online FedEx is no stranger to shipping important artifacts and precious cargo around the world, such as the advanced technological equipment used for the search for Amelia Earhart ’s Model 10 Electra airplane and the movement of two pairs of endangered giant pandas …
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FAIRBANKS—Federal law enforcement agents detained two people outside a Fairbanks contract post office Wednesday afternoon, according to the post office manager. More: continued here
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The numbers that explain why Amazon and eBay are pouring millions into …QuartzFlipKart raised $160 million last October, which followed a $200 million round of funding from Accel and Naspers, a big South African company, a few months earlier, taking its total to $540 million. Snapdeal has received repeated injections …
Read More »Want to help restore Old Cedar Falls Post Office? – Asheboro Courier Tribune
Asheboro Courier Tribune Want to help restore Old Cedar Falls Post Office?Asheboro Courier TribuneIf you cannot attend the meeting but would like to make a donation to help restore the post office building, donations may be sent to the Cedar Falls Community Association P.O. Box 175, Cedar Falls, NC 27230. …
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Shadow business secretary to follow up damning report by National Audit Office on Royal Mail IPO Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna will ask an urgent question in the House of Commons today on the "botched" privatisation of Royal Mail, after the National Audit Office slammed the government's desperation to sell …
Read More »Politicians clash amid claims taxpayers were ‘ripped off’ by Royal Mail deal – Worcester News
Worcester News Politicians clash amid claims taxpayers were 'ripped off' by Royal Mail dealWorcester NewsWORCESTER'S Labour parliamentary candidate has clashed with Robin Walker over the Royal Mail sell-off – amid claims taxpayers have been ripped off. Councillor Joy Squires says families in Worcester are angry about the "botched" flotation of …
Read More »eBay Adds New ‘Virtual Currency’ Category to US Site – CoinDesk
International Business Times UK eBay Adds New 'Virtual Currency' Category to US SiteCoinDeskeBay's main US site has introduced a category for 'Virtual Currency', with listings for dozens of bitcoin and altcoin-related activities – including shares in mining operations. Although eBay is still not accepting bitcoin as an official payment, any …
Read More »Royal Mail to immortalise Vince Cable in special issue ‘hate stamps’ – NewsBiscuit (satire)
Royal Mail to immortalise Vince Cable in special issue 'hate stamps'NewsBiscuit (satire)'In a conciliatory move designed to delight shareholders and taxpayers alike, the Royal Mail is set to issue a limited edition set of stamps depicting a severed Cable. The set will be sensitively priced, with the first-issue premium stamps …
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