Fitch Affirms eBay's IDR at 'A'; Outlook StableMarketWatch (press release)—eBay boasts market-leading online commerce (eBay Marketplaces) and payments (PayPal) businesses. The company's conservative financial policies and credit protection measures, as well as strong financial flexibility and liquidity highlighted by a free …and more » More: continued here
Say It With an AppNew York TimesDoes the idea of buying holiday cards, gathering the mailing addresses for friends and family, writing personal notes by hand, buying stamps, addressing envelopes and carting them to the post office just make you hate the holidays …and more » More: continued here
Dozens of Hoosiers live a week on food stamps to raise awareness Food is on the mind of virtually every Hoosier this Thanksgiving, but for some, the thought of food is a struggle throughout the year. More: continued here
The Program Formerly Known as Food StampsFirst Things (blog)A post on the New York Times' Economix blog postulates that: “The declining economy alone, under the previous rules, would have raised the spending on food stamps by 18 percent. But the revised provisions, enacted largely in response to the recession, …Food stamp benefits restoredPacific Daily NewsHelp…
Official explains what may lie ahead for Bishop Hill postal patronsKewanee Star Courier17 to hear from Elizabeth Anderson, the postal review coordinator, about plans to close the Bishop Hill Post Office as part of cutbacks by the US Postal Service. Anderson explained to the group that revenues are down for post offices while expenses …Bishop…
expressandstar.com Robber lured victim on ebayexpressandstar.comA teenage thug who used ebay to lure a commercial gold buyer into a gun point ambush in West Bromwich while on bail for another robbery has been put behind bars for six years. Christopher Samuels put the weapon to the temple of the buyer and threatened … More: continued…
how much money might taxpayers have been saved with a referral to a mental health agency for Jose Pimentel? I can think of half a dozen other things the NYPD could be doing in Hamilton Heights on any given night than smoking dope with a self-circumciser. More: continued here
For the last 30 years, Canada Post has been providing kids in Canada and around the world with a direct line to Santa Claus. More: continued here
Man looking for Hanukkah stamp redesigns every yearToday’s THVBOYNTON BEACH, FL (CNN) — A former postal clerk started a campaign to create a Hanukkah stamp back in the 1990's. And while the Post Office now issues the stamps, he says he'd like to see a new design each holiday season since the same is done…
USA Today The Terrorist at the Post OfficeHuffington Post (blog)Gauging from the address of the apartment he shared with his mom, Pimentel would have had in sights our local post office at 158th Street, a dank, worm-colored fluorescent cave we've gotten to know much too well over the years, waiting for surly …US kept distance…