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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Money Talks: peer-to-peer lending, eBay’s sellers and mortgage rates – The Guardian
The Guardian Money Talks: peer-to-peer lending, eBay's sellers and mortgage ratesThe Guardian… an overview of the competition, from Assetz Capital to Zopa. Ebay and its treatment of sellers have generated a few cases for our agony aunt Anna Tims, but none stood out quite like the case of Vishal Vora, …
Read More »Watch out Amazon, eBay just bought technology to make buying clothes online … – GeekWire
GeekWire Watch out Amazon, eBay just bought technology to make buying clothes online …GeekWireeBay says the two-year-old company's technology can recommend a size based on a person's basic measurement inputs. It believes this will result in fewer returns. In eBay's case, this may be even more important since a large …
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