Wal-Mart cuts growth forecast as poor shoppers spend less
Recent U.S. cuts in federal food stamps for the working poor and unemployed has led Wal-Mart Stores Inc to lower the forecast for its full-year profits. More: continued here
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Snow partially collapsing post office canopy
COEYMANS — The post office in the village is closed because heavy snow partially collapsed a canopy near the front door. Police closed Main Street, also known as Route 144, between Route 143 and James Drive for more than an hour but the road reopened shortly before 1 p.m. More: continued here
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Mother sentenced to probation in food stamp fraud scheme – Chronicle-Telegram
Mother sentenced to probation in food stamp fraud schemeChronicle-TelegramThe fraud investigation centered on Adames Deli and Grocery on East 31st Street in Lorain, where investigators contend that a confidential informant was able to purchase newspapers, lighters and cigarettes from the store using food stamps. Those items … More: continued here
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Post office relocation still causing stir
A customer at the post office's mobile unit on Pine Street in New Canaan Friday morning, Feb. 14, 2014. Customers and town officials have said the truck is inconvenient, especially under inclement weather conditions, but U.S. Postal Service officials say the mobile unit is "very temporary." More: continued here
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Vandals paint Lizzy Yarnold
Vandals have painted a postbox gold in Winter Olympics champion Lizzy Yarnold's home village after the Royal Mail snubbed the idea. They struck overnight in Hever Road in West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks, Kent, to honour 25-year-old Yarnold's medal-winning achievement. More: continued here
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Post office openings and closings
BY PASHA FARMANARA | The West Village post office scene has been rather chaotic lately. First, the West Village Station Post Office closed after a car crashed into it, and only recently reopened. Now, the Patchin Station Post Office has temporarily closed. On Mon., Oct. 21. a car stuck the West Village Station, at 527…
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Post Office back in buy-to-let mortgage market
AFTER a long period of time out of the buy-to-let mortgage market, the Post Office has launched a new range of products which could appeal to investor landlords.Consumer website, Moneyfacts, says that one of its mortgages in particular stands out which is a new two-year fixed rate mortgage priced at 3.29 per cent to March…
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So you want to be an eBay millionaire? – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald So you want to be an eBay millionaire?Sydney Morning HeraldNathan Huppatz from costumes.com.au says he has built several million-dollar businesses, with eBay an important source of sales for them. Today, eBay makes up only a portion of sales from costumes.com.au, but he's still a big fan. “In the early days …and more »…
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Ebay buys PhiSix to offer clothes buyers a virtual fitting room – PCWorld
Headlines & Global News Ebay buys PhiSix to offer clothes buyers a virtual fitting roomPCWorldEbay has acquired PhiSix Fashion Labs, a computer graphics startup that makes 3D models of clothing, in a bid to offer customers a virtual fitting room. The e-commerce giant is like its peers trying to grow its share of online apparel…
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Vandals paint Lizzy Yarnold’s postbox GOLD after Royal Mail denied pleas to … – Mirror.co.uk
Kent Online Vandals paint Lizzy Yarnold's postbox GOLD after Royal Mail denied pleas to …Mirror.co.ukBut the Royal Mail has said it has no plans to decorate any postboxes in the same manner as they did after the 2012 London Olympics. A spokesman said 2012 Games was a "unique occasion" as host nation, and it was…