The Seattle Times Profits from Poverty: How Food Stamps Benefit CorporationsCorporate Crime ReporterThree major corporations have cornered the market for providing services to the needy and destitute through the federal food stamp program — now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Those three companies are — J.P. Morgan …Reality …
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STAFF claim a Royal Mail mix-up could cost a hospice thousands of pounds.ALmost half of the estimated 100,000 supporters and patients of the Douglas Macmillan Hospice who usually receive a copy of a commemorative supporter magazine missed out last month.The newsletter was sent out to regular donors in celebration of …
Read More »A post-Post Office America – The Union Leader
International Business Times A post-Post Office AmericaThe Union LeaderReality is at odds with the proud claim on the post office's website that "Since Ben Franklin … the Postal Service has grown and changed with America." But it's barely changed. You don't tend to see change in "quasi-governmental entities." You see …
Read More »Apple, eBay, Facebook lead tech retreat – MarketWatch
iStockAnalyst (press release) Apple, eBay, Facebook lead tech retreatMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Technology stocks retreated Thursday, as shares of eBay Inc. dropped sharply a day after the online auction site posted a disappointing forecast. Shares of Google Inc. (US:GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (US:MSFT) and IBM …TECH STOCKS: Apple, EBay, Facebook Lead …
Read More »The Sentinel commented Post office workers in Crewe and Longton to go out on strike
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Read More »Everyone's postcodes to be privatised in Royal Mail flotation, despite objections from Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Exclusive: A national database containing the postcodes of everyone in Britain is to be privatised along with Royal Mail, despite direct "very forceful" protests to David Cameron from Sir Tim Berners Lee, the founder of the world wide web. More: continued here
Read More »John Stossel A post-Post Office America
Even parts of government that look like a business never get run with the efficiency of a business. Just look at the post office. More: continued here
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The Postcode Address File, a database of the postcode of every property in the UK, will remain in possession of postal operator Royal Mail after its forthcoming privatisation, the government has decided. More: continued here
Read More »Everyone’s postcodes to be privatised in Royal Mail flotation – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Everyone's postcodes to be privatised in Royal Mail flotationTelegraph.co.ukCabinet Office minister Francis Maude has been privately battling with Business minister Michael Fallon over whether to include the database, worth between £500million and £900million, in Royal Mail's flotation, which is expected as early as October.and more » More: continued here
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