eBay and StubHub Acquire Zvents

eBay acquired StubHub back in early 2007. Now StubHub has acquired Zvents. So, essentially, eBay has acquired Zvents. Zvents has over 3 million events, generated from 140,000 local marketers in its catalog. It gets 14 million monthly unique visitors. eBay’s … More: continued here

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Fact Checking Gingrich’s Food Stamps Claims

Food stamps is the latest program to be targeted by Newt Gingrich, but the 2012 candidate’s assertions about the program aren’t quite correct. Speaking in Iowa on Wednesday, the former Speaker railed against food stamps, one of the federal government’s assistance programs to help low-income… More: continued here

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eBay and StubHub Acquire Zvents – WebProNews

eBay and StubHub Acquire ZventsWebProNewseBay's Richard Brewer-Hay writes on the eBay Ink blog, “StubHub currently offers around 30000 events for discovery whereas Zvents users have access to 600000 events on any given day and over 3 million during the course of a calendar year. … More: continued here

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Yoncalla Post Office robbed Thursday – KVAL

KVAL Yoncalla Post Office robbed ThursdayKVALDouglas County Sheriff's officers were called to the Yoncalla Post Office Thursday just before 5:00 pm, after a report of a robbery. Deputies would not confirm if a weapon was used or what was stolen at the facility, but the police log indicated a male …

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Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income – BusinessWeek

RT Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-incomeBusinessWeek"Safety net programs such as food stamps and tax credits kept poverty from rising even higher in 2010, but for many low-income families with work-related and medical expenses, they are considered too `rich' to qualify," said Sheldon Danziger, …New Census …

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Post Office: Potential closure delayed – Watauga Democrat

Watauga Democrat Post Office: Potential closure delayedWatauga Democratby Lauren K. Ohnesorge The Downtown Boone Post Office, on a potential United States Post Office closure list, is getting a temporary reprieve, officials said. USPS, in response to a request made by “multiple US Senators,” has decided to delay closures …and more » …

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Alert over internet auction scam – Shields Gazette

Shields Gazette Alert over internet auction scamShields GazettePolice say they are looking into three cases of people in the borough falling foul of an eBay scam and losing out on the items they are selling, which included iPhones. In each case, they had agreed to sell their goods to someone …

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