Hollywood Reporter Mark Ruffalo Raising Money with eBay to Fight for Clean WaterHollywood ReporterActor Mark Ruffalo is working with eBay to raise funds for his foundation, Water Defense, which is fighting the controversial hydraulic fracturing method, commonly known as fracking, which extracts gas from shale using chemical fluids injected into …
Read More »Ebay-owned StubHub acquires Zvents for event listings – VentureBeat
Ebay-owned StubHub acquires Zvents for event listingsVentureBeatTicketing giant StubHub, owned by eBay, has acquired local event-discovery and promotion service Zvents, according to eBay's internal employee blog eBayInk. Exact terms of the deal were not disclosed. Zvents, founded in 2005, lets users to find out …Stubhub acquires Zvents and launches in …
Read More »US mail: Slow and slower – Los Angeles Times
US mail: Slow and slowerLos Angeles TimesIn reality, the Postal Service has been intentionally slowing down first-class mail for almost 50 years. It's time to end the post office's monopoly on letter delivery. In 1960, the post office's annual report announced "the ultimate objective of …and more » More: continued here
Read More »When The Formerly Rich Need Help Buying Food
Presidential candidates have been sounding off about millionaires on food stamps, but the reality is harsher. Even in high-income zip codes, the formerly well off are having to turn to food stamps to put food on the table. That’s according to two new surveys of food insecurity and income. More: …
Read More »Postal Service delays post office closures, including Brimson office – Lake County News Chronicle
Illinois Times Postal Service delays post office closures, including Brimson officeLake County News ChronicleThe United States Postal Service announced Tuesday that it has agreed to delay the closing or consolidation of any post office or mail processing facility until May 1, 2012. This includes delaying the potential closing of the …
Read More »Congressman Crawford files bill to protect rural post offices – The News
The News Congressman Crawford files bill to protect rural post officesThe NewsCongressman Rick Crawford recently spoke with residents of Grubbs, Arkansas about the Postal Service's attempt to close their post office. Crawford has introduced a bill that would prevent the closing of any rural post office that does not have …
Read More »Minister to look at Wolverhampton mail staff pay error – expressandstar.com
expressandstar.com Minister to look at Wolverhampton mail staff pay errorexpressandstar.comThe minister for postal services has been asked to intervene after dozens of temporary Royal Mail staff working in Wolverhampton went more than two weeks without pay. Staff recruited to handle thousands of extra Christmas parcels and cards at the Royal …
Read More »eBay Find of the Day: 1987 Lamborghini Countach 5000 QV is a 1200-mile time warp – Autoblog (blog)
eBay Find of the Day: 1987 Lamborghini Countach 5000 QV is a 1200-mile time warpAutoblog (blog)Current bidding on eBay Motors sits at $130000, which means this Countach is about the same price now as it was when it first left Sant'Agata – fitting for a car that presents as new …
Read More »Top 25: Christmas Gifts Igniting ‘Bidding Wars’ – Selling on eBay – WebWire (press release)
Top 25: Christmas Gifts Igniting 'Bidding Wars' – Selling on eBayWebWire (press release)WhatSellsBest.com, a website tracking Best Selling eBay items, based on highest prices bid, has published the Top 25 Items igniting bidding-wars on eBay during the Christmas shopping season (2011). You've probably heard the stories of rare items … …
Read More »FedEx Profit Climbs 76%
FedEx, the package delivery service, said its second-quarter profit rose significantly and that it would buy 27 new fuel-efficient aircrafts. More: continued here
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