Should Food Stamps Pay for Fast Food?Newsmax HealthBy Tom O'Connell The city of Louisville faces a long fight against its obesity epidemic, as a corporation lobbies for the right of residents to pay for fast-food meals with food stamps, reports the New York Times. Dozens of fast-food signs dot a …
Read More »Post Office Appeals For Photos of ‘Old’ Ramsey
Do you have photographs of postal services in Ramsey in times gone by, the old Courthouse building and any other interesting post office related material such as newspaper clippings etc? If so, Isle of Man Post Office wants to hear from you. More: continued here
Read More »eBay UK Holds Free Listing Insertion Promo this Weekend
eBay UK will be holding a free listing promotion on 18 and 19 June 2011. The promotion is open to eBay.co.uk registered Private Sellers. To take part in this promotion, sellers must be registered as resident in the UK. More: continued here
Read More »BizAuctions-Lucky 7’s Encouraged by San Ysidro Retail Store’s 1st Week Sales – PR Newswire (press release)
BizAuctions-Lucky 7's Encouraged by San Ysidro Retail Store's 1st Week SalesPR Newswire (press release)BizAuctions addresses the $60 billion excess inventory problem for clients by sending trucks to pick up pallets of excess inventory, selling the inventory on eBay and Amazon, and collecting payment. We provide our clients with a new …
Read More »Meet Copious, the eBay for a social world – GigaOm
Reuters Blogs (blog) Meet Copious, the eBay for a social worldGigaOmIn the web's most popular marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist, however, anonymity is still the norm. A new San Francisco-based startup called Copious is looking to change that. Copious has built an online marketplace in which all buyers and …
Read More »Postal workers locked out – Newfoundland and Labrador Compass
Globe and Mail Postal workers locked outNewfoundland and Labrador CompassFive postal workers at the Carbonear post office had to change their signs from CUPW ON STRIKE to CUPW ON Lock Out, when they reported for work Wednesday morning, June 15. The members of the Urban Operations Bargaining Unit of the …
Read More »Royal Mail losses cast doubt on sell-off – Financial Times
Sky News Royal Mail losses cast doubt on sell-offFinancial TimesRoyal Mail's letters business slumped to a loss of £120m in the past financial year, compared with a £20m profit the previous year, creating fresh uncertainty over the coalition's plans to privatise the …Hit by e-mail, social network sites, Royal Mail …
Read More »‘It actually drew blood’! Pair of nesting bald eagles dive bomb post office … – Daily Mail
'It actually drew blood'! Pair of nesting bald eagles dive bomb post office…Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter Buying stamps is now a death-defying experience for punters at one Alaska post office thanks to a pair of nesting bald eagles. The huge birds, that can weigh up to 15lbs and have …
Read More »Insolvent Royal Mail pays boss £780000 – This is Money
Insolvent Royal Mail pays boss £780000This is MoneyRoyal Mail admitted yesterday that it is insolvent even as it awarded its new boss a bonus equal to the Prime Minister's salary. Moya Greene scooped a £142000 reward, just £500 short of David Cameron's annual pay. … More: continued here
Read More »Canada’s Raitt Says No Post Office Back-To-Work Law Planned – BusinessWeek
CTV.ca Canada's Raitt Says No Post Office Back-To-Work Law PlannedBusinessWeekBy Andrew Mayeda June 15 (Bloomberg) — Canadian Labor Minister Lisa Raitt said today she does not currently plan to introduce legislation to end a strike by workers by Canada Post. “We're going to see how this unfolds, and we're going …
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