International Business Times New Cellular 'Woodblock' Printing Method Stamps Living Cells In PatternsInternational Business Times“We were one day, suddenly inspired by the little stamps kids are playing [with]. The technical mechanism for the kids' stamps is the same as … ancient woodblock printing.” The basis of the BloC-Printing technique is …
Read More »Phones installed with Flappy Bird selling on eBay after game pulled from stores – Polygon
Phones installed with Flappy Bird selling on eBay after game pulled from storesPolygonLess than a day after the app was pulled from stores by its developer, phones installed with mobile game phenomenon Flappy Bird are cropping up on eBay with exorbitant price tags, ranging everywhere from $300 to over $90,000 …
Read More »Who Would Make A Better Bank: Walmart or the US Post Office?
Adam Levitin has an article in American Banker where he discusses some of the issues surrounding postal banking. One important note that I think is really worth emphasizing is this: "To the extent that postal banking is meant to plug the budgetary hole in the USPS, it is not particularly …
Read More »Farm bill passage cuts food stamps and increases local assistance for food banks – KPLC-TV
Farm bill passage cuts food stamps and increases local assistance for food banksKPLC-TVIt may be called a farm bill but the new legislation may mean trouble for food stamp recipients and more work for anti-hunger advocates. "More people are going to seek out programs like this to support their families," …
Read More »EBay cancels auction of $99900 iPhone with Flappy Bird, seller says – Los Angeles Times
T3 EBay cancels auction of $99900 iPhone with Flappy Bird, seller saysLos Angeles Times"EBay took it down. They said that you can't sell phones with apps. Which doesn't make sense to me because every iPhone has apps and they sell millions of them on EBay," Vasil Kiniv, the seller of …
Read More »Time’s up for NC to process back-logged food stamps – WBTV
Time's up for NC to process back-logged food stampsWBTVState Health and Human Services officials say they'll reveal on Tuesday if the state met a federal deadline to process pending food stamp cases. The U-S Department of Agriculture {USDA} gave North Carolina a deadline of February 10th to process food …Forsyth Co. …
Read More »Ivory traders using eBay to sell goods
Auction side eBay is being urged to take action against ivory traders who are flouting a ban on selling their goods by labelling them as 'faux' More: continued here
Read More »Flappy Bird-Equipped iPhones Selling for $100K on eBay – PC Magazine
Flappy Bird-Equipped iPhones Selling for $100K on eBayPC MagazineOne such eBay user on Sunday listed a 16GB space gray AT&T iPhone 5s with Flappy Bird installed for a starting price of $650. Less than a day and 74 bids later, the phone is now going for $99,900. Yes, you read …
Read More »A higher price for Royal Mail could have made millions more for the taxpayer – Mirror.co.uk
Mirror.co.uk A higher price for Royal Mail could have made millions more for the taxpayerMirror.co.ukHow much would a sale at 400p or 480p have made? The group of 21 banks suggested that Royal Mail was worth between £4bn and £4.8bn. If the government had sold the shares at that price, …
Read More »What Price Royal Mail Shares? The IPO’s Critics are too Harsh on Vince Cable – International Business Times UK
What Price Royal Mail Shares? The IPO's Critics are too Harsh on Vince CableInternational Business Times UKIt seems like every week that someone lobs another brick at the government, Business Secretary Vince Cable in particular, over the privatisation of Royal Mail. That Royal Mail's share price is, at the time …
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