All Things Digital Not Your Mother's eBay, Threadflip Launches Online Consignment ShopAll Things DigitalManik Singh, founder and CEO of Threadflip, argues that other solutions for selling used clothes online, like eBay, require some technical expertise and a lot of time. This one was designed with his wife in mind, who never bothered to resell an…
A Michigan woman who continued to get food stamps after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot has been charged with welfare fraud. More: continued here
San Mateo Daily Journal Burlingame gathers input for post office relocationSan Mateo Daily JournalBurlingame residents would like to be able to walk to a relocated main post office but ideally want it to remain in its current location. The sale of the Burlingame Main Post Office, located at 220 Park Road, was approved by postal…
GOP to cut food stamps in deficit-reduction driveU.S. News & World ReportBy ANDREW TAYLOR, AP WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps and would make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to claim child tax credits as they piece together legislation to cut $261 billion in the ……
FedEx said on Tuesday it is in talks to buy French express company TATEX, while rival UPS is in the midst of its largest takeover with the purchase of Dutch peer TNT Express NV. More: continued here
kjrh.com Senate resumes debating US Postal ServiceWashington Post (blog)In recent weeks, the bill has been changed to address the concerns of several senators — mostly from smaller, rural states — regarding how and when the Postal Service can shutter small post offices. As broadly described by Senate aides familiar with …Downsizing US Postal Service will…
NASHVILLE — Economist Arthur Laffer, a leader in the private efforts to eliminate Tennessee's inheritance tax, told a state legislative committee Monday that FedEx president, chairman and CEO Fred Smith told him last week that "he's gettin' out of this state" if the bill repealing the tax doesn't pass the legislature. More: continued here
A Muskegon man accused of taking a gun into the Grand Haven post office is now being charged in federal court. George Edward Covington III, 42, was indicted April 12 by a grand jury on federal weapons and drug felony charges related to the Grand Haven incident, according to Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney Ron Frantz….
FedEx is negotiation the acquisition of the French shipping company Tatex.The companies did not release any further information about the discussions Tuesday.Tatex was founded in 1976, and focuses on heavy … More: continued here
No County Post Offices Open Late on Tax DayPatch.comThe United States Post Office will not have a single branch open late tonight in San Mateo County. Blame it on the popularity of online returns. If you do wait until late to get your information in the mail, you'll need to travel just north, …Tax Day…