expressandstar.com HSBC May Reject Government's Lending Program, Mail ReportsBloombergBarclays Plc (BARC) is expected to sign up to the National Loan Guarantee Scheme along with Lloyds Banking Group Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, according to the report. Barclays does have “reservations” about the program, the Mail said.HSBC 'to …
Read More »Syria Uprising: Car Bomb Blasts Aleppo, Damascus Police Crush Protest – Huffington Post
Globe and Mail Syria Uprising: Car Bomb Blasts Aleppo, Damascus Police Crush ProtestHuffington PostThe Observatory said the blast had been close to a state security office. State news channel Syria TV said the "terrorist" explosion had been between two residential buildings in the al-Suleimaniya district of Aleppo, behind a post …
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Al and Charlene Stamps will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on March 19, 2012. More: continued here
Read More »EBAY Launch Ticketing Website – Stubhub – 4RFV
Financial Times EBAY Launch Ticketing Website – Stubhub4RFVThe site was acquired by eBay in 2007 in a deal worth £197m ($310m) and will be a rival to existing sites Seatwave and Viagogo, which was the subject of a recent Dispatches documentary on Channel 4. Viagogo was originally launched by Stubhub …
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It's March, that time of the year when online sellers scramble to get all their records together and start the dreaded annual project known as "taxes." Those eBay sellers who have some kind of accounting software that works well with the site are at an advantage at this time. More: …
Read More »Michigan postal centers prepare to close, consolidate – MLive.com
MLive.com Michigan postal centers prepare to close, consolidateMLive.comKalamazoo Gazette, filePackages line a conveyer belt inside the United States Post Office processing plant in Oshtemo Township in this file photo. The postal service has said the changes are on hold until May to allow federal lawmakers time to come up …and …
Read More »Rural post offices must be preserved – Statesman Journal
Rural post offices must be preservedStatesman JournalJeff Merkley's staff provided this list of of Oregon post offices facing potential closure: The nation's Founders didn't foresee the Internet. They ordained that their new country establish a system of post roads and post offices. More: continued here
Read More »British Royals visit Cheltenham Festival, Zara Phillips sees ex-boyfriend crash – Examiner.com
British Royals visit Cheltenham Festival, Zara Phillips sees ex-boyfriend crashExaminer.comThe Cheltenham Festival kicks off racing at the Cheltenham racecourse for 2012, and entertained some 50000 fans over the four days, according to "The Daily Mail." Royal ties are obvious in the names of races such as the Queen Mother Cup …
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SIR, — I feel I must reply to Peter Willsohn s letter re the proposed closure of the Station Road North post office in Harpenden. It is simply not true that many Harpenden and Batford locals do not know about this obscure and unmerited post office – i More: continued …
Read More »Was the real Vitale depicted on stamp? – Times of Malta
Was the real Vitale depicted on stamp?Times of MaltaA Canadian friend of mine, who recently started collecting Maltese postage stamps, has sent me a curious enquiry related to one of the stamps of personalities issued in October 18, 2002 – the 50c stamp depicting Emmanuele Vitale (1759-1802). More: continued here
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