EBay, Amazon.com Battling In Emerging BRIC MarketsInvestor’s Business DailyThe fast-growing BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China are shaping up as an increasingly key battlefield for e-commerce leaders eBay and Amazon. EBay (EBAY) says that over the next few years, it plans to push more deeply into these key …
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Minneapolis Star Tribune Congress shouldn't cut food stampsMinneapolis Star TribuneYet food stamps are already scheduled to take a hit when increases approved in the 2009 economic recovery act expire in November. The $4.1 billion reduction would result in an average cut of $90 per month for nearly 500,000 households nationwide, …
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LETTER: Seahurst resident shares history of post officeHighline TimesI was delighted to read the article on the Seahurst Post Office in the Highline Times and would like to add little history about the Seahurst Post Office. The original building for the Seahurst Post Office had been built on the west …
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Royal Mail could be sold to foreign buyer – report | ReutersReuters UKHe added that Royal Mail boss Moya Greene had already embarked on a global roadshow promoting the business to sovereign wealth funds, foreign trade buyers and institutional investors. Fallon said that the government's preferred option for the … …
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A new Oklahoma law changes the way people qualify for food stamps. More: continued here
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Middle Amana post office reopens – KWWL.comkwwl.comMIDDLE AMANA (KWWL) -. An Iowa County post office has reopened after being closed due to failed lease negotiations. The Middle Amana post office was placed under an emergency suspension April 26 because the postal service and building owner … More: continued here
Read More »The Real Thing? Original Coca-Cola Recipe Might Be on eBay – TIME
RT The Real Thing? Original Coca-Cola Recipe Might Be on eBayTIMEA Georgia antiques collector is the latest person to claim that he may have found the original recipe for Coca-Cola. Cliff Kluge and his wife Arlene recently bought a box of letters at an estate sale, and one of the …
Read More »Bill with cuts to food stamps splits Agriculture Committee Democrats
The House Agriculture Committee is readying a farm bill that contains a $20.5 billion cut over 10 years to the food stamp program, drawing objections from a member of the committee, Representative James McGovern, Democrat of Worcester. But McGovern is unlikely to halt the measure’s progress, because even some of …
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Proving you have an authentic copy of Coca-Cola’s secret formula is akin to substantiating UFO footage or a Bigfoot sighting, with one exception. More: continued here
Read More »Conn. agency ordered to speed up food stamps
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's Department of Social Services is being ordered to speed up processing of food stamp applications. More: continued here
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