Oakland Local Alameda County loses $72.3 million in food stamps program, new study findsOakland LocalAccording to a 2011 USDA report, California consistently ranks among the lowest for participation with the federal SNAP program. With only 57% of eligible Californians participating in food stamps and other benefits, California ties with Wyoming …
Read More »Alameda County loses $72.3 million in food stamps program, new study finds
As many communities brace themselves for the economic fallout of the worst drought in California’s recorded history, and the state continues a struggling recovery from the “great recession” — with an unemployment rate fluctuating 1-2 percentage points above the national average — recent reports released from California Food Policy Advocates …
Read More »FedEx Q3 Conference Call Earnings Highlights
FedEx (NYSE: FDX ) reported its third quarter results on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Shares of the shipping company are down $0.74, or 0.53 percent per share to $137.64. Below are some key takeaways from … More: continued here
Read More »Jurors convict 60-year-old in 1991 rape at Jacksonville post office – Florida Times-Union
Jurors convict 60-year-old in 1991 rape at Jacksonville post officeFlorida Times-UnionBite marks from a woman raped at a Jacksonville post office in 1999 helped lead to Wednesday's conviction of 60-year-old Wilson Holmes. Jurors found him guilty of kidnapping and two counts of sexual battery, court records show. He was not …
Read More »Royal Mail lorry hits 'sold' house
A couple who had agreed the sale of their Gosport home hope their buyer will wait for it to be repaired after a Royal Mail lorry ploughed into it. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail lorry destroys home in early morning crash
Len and Anne Wiles, who are both in their 60s, had to be rescued from the upper floor of their home in Gosport, Hampshire after a 7.5 tonne lorry crashed into the property at around 5.40am today. More: continued here
Read More »Icahn’s modest proposal: Sell 20% of PayPal in partial IPO – Silicon Valley Business Journal
Icahn's modest proposal: Sell 20% of PayPal in partial IPOSilicon Valley Business JournalBillionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has accused venture capitalist Marc Andreessen of ethical breaches, which Andreessen rejects. Icahn is pressure EBay, for which Andreessen is a director, to spin its PayPal payments division off as a separate … …
Read More »Icahn now in favor of eBay having partial custody of PayPal – GeekWire
Icahn now in favor of eBay having partial custody of PayPalGeekWireHowever, in new plans released today, he admits that eBay and PayPal have important synergies, and that eBay should now only sell 20 percent of PayPal in an IPO. By having a joint custody situation, Icahn claims PayPal would be …
Read More »Post Office planning to reduce workforce – CBS42
Post Office planning to reduce workforceCBS42Now, it's around 480,000 people get a regular paycheck from the post office. That number is about to drop yet again, but not because of firings or layoffs. The Postal Service plans to reduce its workforce by 10,000 next year. This will be accomplished … …
Read More »Russian parliament’s lower house rubber stamps annexation of Crimea – Minneapolis Star Tribune
National Post Russian parliament's lower house rubber stamps annexation of CrimeaMinneapolis Star TribuneThe Kremlin-controlled State Duma voted Thursday to allow Crimea to join Russia following a quick discussion in which members assailed the Ukrainian authorities. The merger needs to be rubber-stamped by the upper house and signed by Russian …Putin rubber …
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