Food-Stamp Spending Seen Dropping in 2013 on US Jobs OutlookBloombergSpending on food-stamp benefits would fall 0.6 percent to $69.9 billion in the year starting 2013 as employment improves, according to projections contained in the budget President Barack Obama submitted to Congress today. Spending for the food-stamp… More: continued here
Read More »Post Office cuts mortgage rates by up to 1.01% – MyFinances.co.uk
Post Office cuts mortgage rates by up to 1.01%MyFinances.co.ukThe Post Office has announced a significant cut in its mortgage rates. The reduction in rates takes some of their mortgage products to the top of the best-buy tables. The cut of up to 1.01 per cent applies to both fixed rate …
Read More »Love Stamp: Do you see fettuccine or gymnastic ribbons? – Colorado Springs Gazette
Love Stamp: Do you see fettuccine or gymnastic ribbons?Colorado Springs GazetteThe US Postal Service has a new stamp called Love Ribbons and the national dedication will be in Colorado Springs. Because the white ribbons that spell out “Love” on the stamp look a lot like the ones that the US …
Read More »Anti-Cupid? USPS To Shutter Valentine Post Office – WDSU New Orleans
KXLY Spokane Anti-Cupid? USPS To Shutter Valentine Post OfficeWDSU New OrleansRomantics around the world are disheartened after the US Postal Service announced it may close down a post office in Valentine, Texas — home of a special Valentine's Day postmark — due to downsizing and budget cuts. For decades, the …
Read More »Anti-Cupid? USPS To Shutter Valentine Post Office – WCVB-TV
Anti-Cupid? USPS To Shutter Valentine Post OfficeWCVB-TVRomantics around the world are disheartened after the US Postal Service announced it may close down a post office in Valentine, Texas — home of a special Valentine's Day postmark — due to downsizing and budget cuts. For decades, the small post office…Valentine's post …
Read More »What’s the deal with the Old Post Office? – ChicagoNow (blog)
ChicagoNow (blog) What's the deal with the Old Post Office?ChicagoNow (blog)By Chicago Quirk, today at 7:27 am I'll bet the new owners of the Old Chicago Main Post Office are regretting their decision to buy it. The recent news of horrible air pollution hurting Amtrak commuters in Union Station is …
Read More »Possible replacement site for post office identified – Get Surrey
Possible replacement site for post office identifiedGet SurreyBy Amy Taylor POST office services in Godalming town centre may be on the move again, following an announcement by Royal Mail that new premises are being considered. The post office has been based in Waterstones bookshop in the High Street on a …
Read More »Hustlin': How to Apply for Food Stamps
In our weekly Hustlin' series, we go beyond the pitying articles about recession-era youth and illuminate ways our generation is coping. The last few years may have been a rude awakening, but we're surviving. In this edition of Hustlin', Mercedes Kraus guides us through the dizzying, eye-opening world of food …
Read More »‘eBay for wine’ drives bumper internet sales for Berry Bros – decanter.com
'eBay for wine' drives bumper internet sales for Berry Brosdecanter.comBy creating, in effect, an eBay for fine wine, we feel we're potentially changing the way that collectors and investors trade fine wines.' The year also saw Berrys' biggest social media sale, when a customer spent £20000 on wine following Twitter …
Read More »Hard-up postman stole cash from cards – Shields Gazette
Hard-up postman stole cash from cardsShields GazetteIan Chantler, from Agincourt, Hebburn, tampered with cards he believed had money inside as he worked at the Tyneside Mail Centre in Gateshead. Magistrates at Gateshead were told the 39-year-old, who had worked for the Royal Mail for 20 years, …and more » More: continued …
Read More »