Kansas City Star GOP candidates wade into food stamp debatemsnbc.com (blog)By AP Politicians normally shy away from saying they want to cut food stamps, but this year's Republican presidential candidates are using domestic food aid as an example of a welfare state gone awry. Supporters of the program say it is one of the most…
Newt Gingrich (above) and Rick Santorum faced criticism this week when they seemed to equate food stamp recipients and blacks. Gingrich said he would encourage blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps, and Santorum said that he did not want to “make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money.” More: continued here
Moneywise Magazine Post Office launches leading notice accountMoneywise MagazineIt also comes with the Post Office's'savings promise', which ensures the account will amend its interest rate in line with any Bank of England base rate changes until January 2013 at least. So if the base rate rises by 0.5%, the interest rate on the …Post Office…
eBay sellers who filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the company last year have until January 27th to file a second amended complaint, a judge ruled on Thursday. eBay had filed a motion to dismiss, which the judge granted in part and denied in part. More: continued here
US EQUITY OPENING NEWS INCLUDING: eBay PayPal unit is running a trial with …Proactive Investors UK(WSJ) eBay– Co.'s PayPal unit is running a trial with Home Depot for in-store payments. (RTRS) Apple – Co. could see as much as 50% growth in global corporate IT spending on its devices this year. (AppleInsider) Netflix – Co….
Finke calls out Variety over time stamp allegationLA ObservedNikki Finke has a response to Variety's unbylined charge last week (Morning Buzz, Friday 1.6.12) that her Deadline.com fudged the time stamp on a blog post to match a Variety scoop: didn't happen. Her note to Variety executives takes it a little …and more » More: continued here
Danny Thomas Immortalized; Entertainer and Humanitarian Honored on US …MarketWatch (press release)Customers may view the Danny Thomas Forever Stamp, as well as many of this year's other stamps, on Facebook at facebook.com/USPSStamps, through Twitter @USPSstamps or on the website Beyond the Perf at beyondtheperf.com/2012-preview. …and more » More: continued here
EBay, Inhibitex, Joy Global, Robert Half: U.S. Equity PreviewSan Francisco ChronicleEBay Inc. (EBAY US): The company's PayPal division will announce a partnership with Home Depot Inc. (HD US) that lets shoppers use the payment system at checkout, according to Anuj Nayar, a spokesman. HealthSouth Corp. (HLS US): The operator of …and more » More: continued here
Incident reported at production building adjacent to post office, officials say Baltimore firefighters and BGE crews were on the scene Monday morning of a one-alarm fire reported at a production building adjacent to the main U.S. post office downtown. More: continued here
New York Times (blog) Complaint Box | Addressee DeceasedNew York Times (blog)The Post Office used to have something called the “Dead Letter Office,” where mail for people who could not be located was put. It's now euphemistically called the “mail recovery center,” as if the dead are not to be spoken of. …and more » More:…