The Epoch Times Long Term, Post Office Troubles Bound To Benefit FedEx And UPS SharesSeeking AlphaThe U.S. Postal Service is in dire straights, and this, ironically, is both good and bad news for the two big shipping companies that compete with it. But as USPS takes on cost-cutting measures that will make its own services…
Two of the biggest e-commerce companies Amazon ( AMZN ) and eBay ( EBAY ) have opposing views on whether online retailers should collect sales taxes or not. Amazon.com, switched More: continued here
Antique Trader Cookbook dating from 1570 brings $2035 on eBayAntique TraderBartolomeo Scappi's 1570 cookbook, “Scappi Cucina,” which is a guide to managing a well-run Renaissance Tuscan kitchen, sold for $2,037 during a July 1 eBay auction. Above and below left are engravings from the book. Photo courtesy eBay seller zalocs. More: continued here
Cassidy: Facebook kills the post office no matter its stock priceSan Jose Mercury NewsI've been thinking a lot lately about two bedrock American institutions that have been getting a lot of attention these days because of their business struggles: the United States Postal Service and Facebook. This mini-obsession started innocently …and more » More: continued here
A second Royal Mail gold stamp and another painted postbox will mark the success of Halifax's Paralympic gold medallist Hannah Cockroft. More: continued here
Facebook s stock price is causing high anxiety, but an accidental experiment at our house showed its value in the face of the stumbling United States Postal Service. OK, so maybe beating the post office isn t the end all and be all. But it s something. More: continued here
Match Funds for Food Stamps to Boost EnrollmentVoice of San DiegoThis was submitted as an idea to the Politifest 2012 Idea Tournament. VOSD members will vote on the best ideas and on Sept. 19 we'll announce six contenders. At Politifest on Sept. 29, each of the six finalists will have five minutes to pitch their…
Courier FedEx is bracing itself for a period of heavy shipping activity called a "surge volume," likely tied to Apple's impending new iPhone release. The period of September 21-24 has been identified by various sources, placing it nine days after Apple's iPhone announcement. FedEx had similar periods 10 days after the iPhone 4S announcement, and…
A record number of Americans—46.7 million, or nearly 1 in 7–now uses the food stamp program, according to the Department of Agriculture. The annual cost of SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as the food stamp program is officially known) hit $72 billion last year, up from $30 billion four years earlier. More: continued here
eBay And Amazon Take Different Sides In Online State Sales Tax DebateNASDAQTwo of the biggest e-commerce companies Amazon ( AMZN ) and eBay ( EBAY ) have opposing views on whether online retailers should collect sales taxes or not. Amazon.com, switched sides in the 20-year old fight and now collects sales tax in Kansas, …Amazon:…