eBay Unveils Beacon
To enhance its mobile payment platform, e-commerce service provider, eBay Inc., has unveiled a hands-free payment system, Beacon, enabling consumers to make retail in-store payments without using their … More: continued here
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Katy Post Office a real hub of activity in the early days
Editors note: This series of articles celebrates the 100th birthday of The Katy Times newspaper. Each week, the newspaper features a story from the past, leading up to the Times’ 100th birthday celebr More: continued here
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2013-14 Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series kicks off Thursday – The Ann Arbor News – MLive.com
2013-14 Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series kicks off ThursdayThe Ann Arbor News – MLive.comThursday, Sept. 12 marks the first Penny Stamps Speaker Series talk for the 2013-14 school year. (The series is presented by the University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art and Design.) Scheduled at 5:10 p.m. nearly every Thursday, from mid-September … More: continued…
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eBay Grants Itself Permission to Hide Listings in Search Results – EcommerceBytes
eBay Grants Itself Permission to Hide Listings in Search ResultsEcommerceByteseBay finally granted itself permission to do what it's likely been itching to do for a long time: hide listings it deems unworthy for unspecified reasons from showing up in search results. eBay sellers are scrambling to interpret what new provisions of …eBay 10 day auction…
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Royal Mail privatisation: Government confirms flotation within weeks – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail privatisation: Government confirms flotation within weeksTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail chief executive Moya Greene will meet 1,200 union representatives at a private meeting in Birmingham at 11am on Thursday in a last-ditch bid to win their support for the move and avert a crippling nationwide strike in the run-up to Christmas.Britain's Royal Mail to go…
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Royal Mail: will privatisation hit stamp collecting? – Telegraph.co.uk
The Hindu Royal Mail: will privatisation hit stamp collecting?Telegraph.co.ukBrian Reeve, of Brian Reeve Stamp Auctions, in London, believes that the privatisation of the Royal Mail will have an impact on stamp collecting. He explains that “collectors like to collect things that are official” and the possibility of stamps…Britain's Royal Mail to be sold off to…
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Britain’s Royal Mail to be sold off to private investors – Los Angeles Times
Britain's Royal Mail to be sold off to private investorsLos Angeles TimesLONDON – Britain's Royal Mail, whose origins date back to the reign of Henry VIII, is to be sold off to private investors, the government announced Thursday, setting up a bitter battle over the selling of a national icon. Even former Prime Minister ……
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Food-Stamp Dilemma: Eating on $3.37 a Day – National Journal (blog)
Food-Stamp Dilemma: Eating on $3.37 a DayNational Journal (blog)If there's enough left of the $440 the family receives each month from the food-stamp program, her daughters have fruit or vegetables in their lunches. If not, well then, “you have to get creative with a hot plate,” she says. Her family has moved from …How to…
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Donald and daughter Ivanka Trump will consider acquiring FBI headquarters – Washington Post
Washington Post Donald and daughter Ivanka Trump will consider acquiring FBI headquartersWashington PostNow that the Old Post Office deal with the General Services Administration is done, Trump said he is considering whether to pursue an even larger project across the street: redevelopment of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, a block to the east on …Donald…
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Britain set to privatise Royal Mail within weeks
Britain launched plans on Thursday to sell more than half the state-run postal service Royal Mail in the coming weeks, in the nation's biggest privatisation in decades. More: continued here