Closing government offices and opening our mindsHigh Plains JournalBy Ken Root I take my share of heat from readers of this publication when I write about consolidating county governments and closing post offices. If being a good columnist is based on hitting the "hot buttons" of readers, then I rank up there pretty …and more »…
Post Office Predicts Rise in UK Credit Card Usage in 2012Business Review Europe (press release)The trend of using credit cards to spend is set to continue in 2012 as Post Office have predicted an increase in usage. LONDON, ENGLAND, January 26, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — Nowadays we will hardly be able to find someone who hasn't…
BBC News Bailout bank chief's bonus irks BritonsNew Zealand HeraldThe chief executive of the part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland will get a bonus worth about £963000 ($1.51 million), the bank has announced, drawing the ire of many Britons. Bonuses at RBS are sensitive because British taxpayers took an 83 per …The Globe and MailGlobe and…
Invisible Hands: the Businessmen's Campaign to Dismantle the Post OfficeIn These TimesCutting the workforce, closing post offices and plants and moving toward privatization through outsourcing and divestiture of assets — these are all part of an effort to shape the postal system in ways that serve the interests of an elite business …US Postal Service…
WYANDOTTE — The city is getting mixed signals concerning the fate of its post office. More: continued here
House panel to examine food stamps policyDodge City Daily GlobeBy Anonymous AP A Kansas House committee will question a state official next week about a new policy that reduced or ended food stamp benefits to hundreds of US-born children of illegal immigrants. The Appropriations Committee is scheduled to hear …Fix the food stamp inequitiesWinfield Daily…
Daily Mail You can get anything on eBay! 700-year-old mill is put up for sale on auction …Daily MailBy David Baker A historic mill owner has been forced to advertise his 700-year-old home for sale on eBay after falling on hard times. Mike Kilgannon put the property in Rossett, north Wales, for sale for a…
Sydney Morning Herald 'Gillard shoe' put on eBayNews24Was R67.95 Now R64.55 Sydney – A shoe advertised as the one Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard lost when she was bundled to a car by her bodyguards attracted a A$2 000 ($2 120) bid before it was pulled from eBay on Friday.'Julia Gillard Shoe' for sale on…
ABC News (blog) Obama-driven sedan for sale on eBayFinancial ExpressThe 2005 grey Chrysler sedan in which Obama travelled to and from the state house in Illinois when he was a senator is up for auction on eBay. The owner of the car is now offering the ultimate piece of Obama memorabilia on eBay, ABCNews reported.President…
Online sellers were able to take a look at M2E Pro , an "extension" that integrates eBay with ecommerce platform Magento, during a webinar held Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. PT. Entitled "Reach Millions of Buyers Through eBay," the webinar was led by ESS-UA executives Paul Pidoprygora, CEO; Alex Pidoprygora, Director of Marketing &…