Car smashes into Albany Post Office lobbyCorvallis Gazette TimesA driver who mistook the gas for the brake pedal crashed her car into the Albany Post Office and drove about 10 yards into the lobby at about 12:30 p.m. today. No one was hurt in the incident, including the driver, Barbara Broussard, 64, of Albany …and…
Deseret News Pew Research Center: Link between obesity, food stamps, raceDeseret NewsEvidence reported in The Atlantic comes from a 2008 study that showed that while men and children are becoming obese from food stamps, women are "2 to 5 percent more likely to become obese if they received food stamps for more than a year."…
FT Adviser Morning papers: Bankers face grilling over Royal Mail priceFT AdviserSome of the City's most influential investment bankers are set to appear before MPs in a series of show hearings designed to find out whether the taxpayer lost more than £1bn in the flotation of the Royal Mail, reports The Times. Next Wednesday the…
Royal Mail IPO price to be investigatedInteractive InvestorThe banks accused of undervaluing Royal Mail (RMG) ahead of its initial public offering ( IPO ) may have their fee docked by up to £4 million unless the share price settles closer to the offer price, the Daily Mail has reported. Despite falling in the … More:…
Is there a link between obesity and food stamps? New research from Pew Research Center says yes. More: continued here
Power Retail eBay kicks off Christmas campaignMuMbrellaeBay kicks off Christmas campaign. eBay Australia has kicked off it's 2013 Christmas campaign targeting mums struggling to find the perfect Christmas present for their children, in its first locally produced campaign in over five years. The 'Know what …eBay Launches Holiday Campaign Featuring Famous MumsPower Retailall 4 news…
Wall Street Journal (blog) Royal Mail privatisation: Goldman Sachs and UBS to be grilled by MPsThe GuardianGoldman Sachs and UBS led an offer that has been widely criticised for short-changing taxpayers by selling a major government asset on the cheap, after Royal Mail shares immediately soared on the stock exchange and continue to trade at…
On Nov. 19, the United States Post Office reveals its new line of Harry Potter stamps. Yes, really! You can even pre-order them here. According to the Snitchseeker.com forum, the release of the stamps will take place at Universal Orlando, though we haven’t seen anything on Universal’s site about a public event yet. Snitchseeker also…
eBay, having exhausted your attic's inventory, now aims to fix up your everythingVentureBeatThe new local service marketplace, eBay Hire, has launched a U.S. beta pilot that is currently open only to service providers as it builds up its supply of services. The company is integrating Hire into its general ecosystem, so that a provider's …eBay…
VIRGINIA BEACH It wasn’t exactly a trail of bread crumbs, but a trail of laptops sure made life easy for Virginia Beach police after midnight Tuesday. More: continued here