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MiamiHerald.com Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsMiamiHerald.comThe federal government is spending $4 million to make such markets more accessible to food stamp recipients. By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer RALEIGH, NC — The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income …and …

CBS Local Kobe Bryant's autographed face mask sells for $67100 in eBay charity auctionCBSSports.com (blog)A face mask worn and autographed by Los Angeles Lakers All-Star guard Kobe Bryant has sold on the internet auction site eBay for $61700. The product's listing pitched the mask as a "piece of NBA history" …

IBNLive.com eBay to open development centre in BangaloreIBNLive.comPTI New Delhi: Online retailer eBay today said it plans to set up a new development centre in Bangalore and will hire up to 1000 employees for the facility over the next three years. The new facility will feature several centres of excellence …

WLFI.com Congress Seeks Postal Overhaul While Making It ImpossibleBusinessWeekFacing annual losses of $18.2 billion by 2015 and a possible default this year, the Postal Service has a five-year plan for profitability. It wants to end Saturday mail delivery, close hundreds of letter-sorting facilities and thousands of post offices…Rural Wyoming post …

Kansas City Star Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsKansas City StarThe federal government is spending $4 million to make such markets more accessible to food stamp recipients. RALEIGH, NC — The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers. Currently, fewer than …

Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsBlueRidgeNow.comCurrently, 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 … More: continued here

USDA is spending millions to give farmers markets technology to accept food stamps, serve more More: continued here

News roundup–Clinton Cards, Feelunique, moreCatalogue e-businessDLA Piper has taken the lead case to recover VAT from HM Revenue & Customs in relation to Royal Mail postal services for businesses. In the past, Royal Mail's postal services were exempt from VAT, but a case brought forward by TNT determined that the …

The Drum eBay fashion app to feature image Swatch technologyThe DrumeBay is to update its iPhone fashion app later this month with a new image Swatch tool to allow shoppers to find fashion items on the auction site that match the colour and pattern of images in photographs. It is …

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, an economist writes. More: continued here