Taobao, the e-commerce steam engine of the Alibaba Group. The company's chief strategy officer said this weekend it will likely post sales greater than Amazon and eBay combined this year. There is a certain beauty of having a virtual monopoly in China online retail. Your sales can be bigger than that […] More: continued here
Cameron Post Office's fate will be on line at meetingThe Times and DemocratCAMERON — Reduced hours of operation or maybe even its permanent closing could be in the cards for the Cameron Post Office. Cameron Mayor David W. Summers reported at the Sept. 4 town council meeting that officials with the U.S. Postal Service have…
The Sun Teenager captures out-of-this-world space photos with £30 eBay cameraThe SunTHEY look like they could be the latest images taken from a multi-million pound Nasa satellite – but these stunning snaps were actually taken by a teenager with a £30 camera. Adam Cudworth, 19, managed to capture these incredible views of Earth from …Teen…
Paralympic hero Josef Craig honoured as Jarrow postbox repaintedJournal LiveRoyal Mail painters arrived at Grange Road in Jarrow on Saturday to paint it gold. Josef and his parents will see it when they arrive back on Tyneside tomorrow. The excited 15-year-old, who was born with cerebral palsy, said from London's athletes …and more » More: continued…
Lawmakers return to Washington with key objective: kick the can down the roadOrlando SentinelThe food and farm legislation has bedeviled House leaders because many GOP conservatives want deeper cuts to food stamps than Democrats, whose votes are needed to pass the measure, are willing to go for. In all likelihood, political votes are on tap.and…
Stamped on the Sidewalk: Median Income DataPatch.comThey're almost too easy to miss, with their black letters set against the grooved and spotted gray pavement. But, these sidewalk stamps are quite telling, if you stop long enough to read them. The next time you're standing on the southeastern or … More: continued here
Expedia Inc. (EXPE) , Fandango Inc. and EBay Inc. (EBAY) are among online retailers benefiting from surging mobile sales, as on-the-go consumers increasingly use wireless devices to book hotels and buy event tickets. More: continued here
Postal Service honoring Flight 93: Stamp cancellation will be availableThe Tribune-DemocratPictorial cancellations commemorating special events are as popular with philatelists as stamps. A few thousand cancellations are requested from the Shanksville Post Office each year. Also proposed to honor the heroism of the Flight 93 passengers and …and more » More: continued here
Stamps, videos and museum can help defend Diaoyu Islands claimPeople’s Daily OnlineStamps, videos and museum can help defend Diaoyu Islands claim. By Liang Fang (Global Times). 08:51, September 10, 2012. It was reported by the Japanese media on September 5 that the Japanese government has reached an agreement to buy the …and more » More: continued…
Food stamp use reaches new high in Tampa areaTbo.comFood stamp use among Tampa-area households hit a new peak this summer, with nearly 500,000 people in the region relying on federal food aid as of July. More than half of those cases, 267,207, were in Hillsborough County. The rest were split between … More: continued here