Good and bad news for snail mail fans: To save money the U.S. Postal Service won't close your local branch, but it might reduce its hours to as little two a day. More: continued here
Read More »Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps – BusinessWeek
Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsBusinessWeekCurrently, fewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of agriculture, said she hopes these grants will bring …and more » More: continued …
Read More »EBay Wins Bid to Have Class Action Dismissed – Courthouse News Service
The Consumerist (blog) EBay Wins Bid to Have Class Action DismissedCourthouse News ServiceBy WILLIAM DOTINGA SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge dismissed a potential class action claiming that eBay interferes with sellers by manipulating the bidding process through automatic bidding. Marshall Block sued eBay in Jan.Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over …
Read More »A reprieve for the old Evinston post office – Ocala
A reprieve for the old Evinston post officeOcalaThe old post office at the Wood and Sink store on County Road 225 in Evinston is shown in this April 20, 2011 file photo. By Cindy Swirko The rustic and beloved Evinston Post Office – Florida's oldest still-functioning post office – will …
Read More »Post Office Announces Compromise To Keep Rural Locations Open
The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy on Wednesday (May 9) aimed at keeping rural post offices open, while tackling the objective of cutting costs. The USPS says it is losing close to $8.5 billion a year. The newly announced plan would keep post offices open, but with “modified …
Read More »A reprieve for the old Evinston post office
The Evinston Post Office will remain open after all with an announcement that it will not be closed to save money as initially planned last year. More: continued here
Read More »Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices open – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices openSeattle Post IntelligencerHOPE YEN, AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling US Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours. At a news briefing, … …
Read More »Today's Economist: Casey B. Mulligan: Food Stamps and Unemployment Insurance
A loosening of some rules on food-stamp eligibility and an expected tightening of rules for receiving unemployment insurance may make more people out of work rely on food stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Japan's Softbank ties up with eBay in online billing
Internet auction giant eBay and mobile phone operator Softbank said Wednesday they were teaming up to bring the US firm's PayPal online billing system to Japan for the first time. More: continued here
Read More »Stamp Out Hunger Drive set for Saturday – Elizabethton Star
Morristown Green Stamp Out Hunger Drive set for SaturdayElizabethton StarBy Rozella Hardin The Campbell Soup Company will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers for Stamp Out Hunger in the Elizabethton and Carter County area and the rest of the nation on Saturday, May 12. Now in its …
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