CITY A.M. Royal Mail seeks injunction against workers' boycottCITY A.M.ROYAL Mail is seeking a high court injunction against the Communication Workers Union after postal workers voted to boycott deliveries of competitors' mail and against the privatisation of the postal service. In a ballot of 112,000 postal workers, 96 … More: …
Read More »House slashes food stamps, delays food-safety rules – The Seattle Times
House slashes food stamps, delays food-safety rulesThe Seattle TimesThe chamber rejected, 234-188, a Democratic amendment to the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm legislation that would have maintained current spending on food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The overall … More: continued here
Read More »House considers cuts to food stamps during debate over farm bill Wednesday – 10News
House considers cuts to food stamps during debate over farm bill Wednesday10NewsWASHINGTON – A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. Passage of the five-year, …
Read More »UPDATE 1-Workers at Britain’s Royal Mail vote against sell-off – Reuters
UPDATE 1-Workers at Britain's Royal Mail vote against sell-offReutersLONDON, June 19 (Reuters) – Royal Mail workers backed union opposition to plans to privatise the state-owned postal group on Wednesday, a stark reminder for potential investors that there will be no warm welcome if and when the company changes hands … More: …
Read More »Better Business Bureau: Buying a car through eBay can be risky – The Idaho Statesman
Better Business Bureau: Buying a car through eBay can be riskyThe Idaho StatesmanThe car was a dream – single owner, 83K miles, automatic transmission, 16V engine 2002 Toyota Camry. The classified stated the reason for selling the vehicle was "my husband died a month ago from a heart attack." Jimmy …
Read More »Endicia Integrates Shipping Software with eBay – EcommerceBytes
Endicia Integrates Shipping Software with eBayEcommerceBytesEndicia announced a direct integration of its online-postage and shipping software with the eBay marketplace. That means sellers can import eBay orders into Endicia, print shipping labels, and automatically post tracking information back to eBay.Endicia Unveils Seamless Integration with the eBay MarketplacePR Newswire (press release)all …
Read More »House Republicans take aim at food stamps; some Democrats, including those … – Las Vegas Sun
House Republicans take aim at food stamps; some Democrats, including those …Las Vegas SunIt seems all but inevitable that federal food stamp assistance will sustain some serious cuts this year. The Senate, which passed its Farm Bill earlier this month, allows a supplemental expansion to the program, adopted under the …
Read More »Butternut Post Office trims back hours – Price County Daily
Butternut Post Office trims back hoursPrice County DailyThere seems to be a bit of confusion around the topic of the future of local post offices. The initial national news releases reported that some rural post offices were going to have to be closed. Not because the offices weren't valuable, no …
Read More »PayPal Says Study Shows Support For Mobile Wallets – Investor’s Business Daily
PayPal Says Study Shows Support For Mobile WalletsInvestor’s Business DailyThe study from eBay (EBAY)-owned PayPal found 29% of U.S. respondents said they'd elect to carry a payments-enabled smartphone, or mobile wallet, over a physical wallet if they had to choose just one. Nayar points to many pluses with a mobile …
Read More »Break-in at post office investigated
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether a break-in at a post office where a large hole was made in the wall may be related to similar cases. More: continued here
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