Food stamp cuts loomSharonheraldBenefits for food stamp recipients have not increased since 2009 when the stimulus increase was added, said Anne Bale, a spokeswoman with the state Department of Public Welfare. While the advocate groups have put out the warning about the looming … More: continued here
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Young tennis players have launched a set of stamps marking Andy Murray's historic Wimbledon win. More: continued here
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VILLAGERS will not have much further to travel when their local post office moves. More: continued here
Read More »Union threatens nationwide post strike next week
Communication Workers Union sets Thursday deadline for deal with Royal Mail, raising threat of post strike seven days later Leaders of the postal workers union have threatened to start a national postal strike on Thursday next week unless Royal Mail can submit to a list of demands in the next …
Read More »Murder in a village post office
Court hears how raid at Fairfield branch by armed gang with robbery convictions left subpostmaster's son fatally wounded When a gang of armed and masked robbers burst into his village store and post office in Fairfield, Worcestershire, on the morning of 9 January demanding money, Ken Hodson-Walker was serving a …
Read More »Man sentenced in food stamps fraud case – MiamiHerald.com
Man sentenced in food stamps fraud caseMiamiHerald.comJACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge has sentenced a man to six months in prison for food stamp fraud. Stanley Jones was charged with lying on food stamp applications in 2008 by representing that nobody in his household had been convicted of a …and more » …
Read More »City Spy: Out on eBay, the case for the self-prosecution rests – Evening Standard
City Spy: Out on eBay, the case for the self-prosecution restsEvening StandardWannabe lawyers might want to consult the listing for a (“used”) Ede & Ravenscroft barrister's outfit on eBay this week. The disenchanted lawyer's entry reads: “After 5 years hard slog and penury, I purchased this wig, gown and collar …
Read More »Amazon should let eBay handle the online market for fine art – Quartz
Amazon should let eBay handle the online market for fine artQuartzI don't think so.) One enduring feature of the art world is that a given piece will sell for much more in one context than another. The same painting that might sell for 5k from a lower tier dealer won't …
Read More »Levers that eBay can pull – TameBay
TameBay Levers that eBay can pullTameBayeBay is a bit of a beast, and most of the time pretty uncontrollable by those that run the company. It must have seemed such a neat idea when Pierre set up a person to person auction site, but today's marketplace bears little or no …
Read More »Government under fire over threat to Post Office card account
Post Office closures will be "uncontrolled and chaotic" hitting rural communities and low-income areas hardest, ministers were warned today, amid fears the government is planning to slip out an announcement on the card account, while the House of Commons is not sitting. Writing for guardian.co.uk, John McFall, the Labour chairman …
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