eBay asks: Can Americans live without the App Store?
Celebrating its fifth anniversary, Apple’s App Store has secured its role in the American routine More: continued here
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Get Food Stamps Out of the Farm Bill – Bloomberg
Get Food Stamps Out of the Farm BillBloombergIf anything good has come from Congress's refusal to approve a new farm bill last month, it's this: There's now serious talk of separating agriculture subsidies from the food-stamp program. By marrying the two programs in the late 1970s, Congress all … More: continued here
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Norristown Post Office to close, move to smaller facility – Montgomery Newspapers
San Diego News Room Norristown Post Office to close, move to smaller facilityMontgomery NewspapersThe U.S. Postal Service has announced plans to sell its Norristown Post Office at 28 E. Airy St. and relocate the retail sales of stamps and postal supplies to a nearby Norristown building. Richard Hancock, a real estate specialist for the USPS…
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Toddler buys car on eBay with dad’s phone – fox4kc.com
New York Daily News Toddler buys car on eBay with dad's phonefox4kc.comPORTLAND — A Portland man got the gift of a new car from his daughter after she won a bid on online auction site eBay.com. The problem, however, is Paul Stoute's daughter is just one years old. Sorella Stoute bought the car, unintentionally, using…
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Royal Mail workers to share in sell-off – Financial Times
Royal Mail workers to share in sell-offFinancial Times“To do that Royal Mail needs future access to private sector capital because the postal market is changing; the number of letters we send is declining, while the number of parcels is growing as online shopping becomes more popular. Royal Mail is … More: continued here
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Britain to Sell 360-Year-Old Royal Mail in $3 Billion IPO – Bloomberg
Britain to Sell 360-Year-Old Royal Mail in $3 Billion IPOBloombergThe U.K. government said it will sell a majority stake in 360-year-old postal service Royal Mail Group Ltd. via an initial public offering by the end of March. Staff will get 10 percent of the shares for free, on condition they hold them for three ……
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Baby bidder: Toddler buys car on eBay with dad’s phone – KPTV.com
Baby bidder: Toddler buys car on eBay with dad's phoneKPTV.comAfter verifying the purchase, he realized that his young daughter, who really enjoys playing with daddy's smartphone, had logged into the eBay app which can be used to instantly make a purchase. "Tap, tap, tap and now I own a car," Paul Stoute said. More: continued…
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Is it time for food stamps to come out of the farm bill?
About 80 percent of the farm bill goes toward food stamps. Many Republicans want to change that. More: continued here
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Baby uses parents’ phone to buy Austin Healey on eBay – Yahoo! Movies (blog)
Baby uses parents' phone to buy Austin Healey on eBayYahoo! Movies (blog)According to KOIN-TV, Sorella Stoute managed to poke into the eBay app on her father Paul Stoute's phone, and from there it was only a "buy-it-now" tap to ownership of a British roadster — albeit one in pieces, with two engines sitting in the…
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UPDATE 2-UK to list Royal Mail, woos workers with free shares – Reuters
UPDATE 2-UK to list Royal Mail, woos workers with free sharesReutersUK to list majority stake in Royal Mail by end March. * To give away 10 pct stake in firm to UK postal workers. * To be biggest UK privatisation for around 20 years. * Analysts see Royal Mail valued at up to 3 bln…