Garcia: Food Stamp Challenge offers a hint of poverty's challengesPort Huron Times HeraldLast week, a few colleagues and I embarked on a Food Stamp Challenge to see how each of us would fare living on about $29.35 in food expenses for a week. …and more » More: continued here
Read More »UK Postal Workers To Announce New 3-Day Strike For Next Wk-Sky – Wall Street Journal
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Read More »AT&T, 3M, McDonald’s, eBay in focus – MarketWatch
AT&T, 3M, McDonald's, eBay in focusMarketWatchEBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) late Wednesday reported a drop in third-quarter earnings, though revenue for the quarter came in notably higher than Wall Street's …Bank of America, CS, TRV, AT&T, EBAY, AMGN Stk Futures Mixed Before the BellUb NewsEBay's 3Q net drops 29%San Francisco Business TimesEarnings …
Read More »In Pictures: UK Postal Strike – BBC News
Financial Times In Pictures: UK Postal StrikeBBC NewsA group of striking Post office workers formed a picket line outside the Nine Elm mail centre in south west London. Mail centre staff and drivers are …They couldn't manage a mail service in a post officeSpikedDon't let this dispute drag down the …
Read More »On the picket line: this is not about pay, say Royal Mail strikers – Times Online
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Read More »Three strikes and we’re out: Fire, bus and now post – Sheffield Telegraph
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Read More »Royal Mail strike will harm retailers and shoppers alike – Daily News Round-up (press release)
Royal Mail strike will harm retailers and shoppers alikeDaily News Round-up (press release)Online shoppers and small businesses will be amongst the most vulnerable groups to suffer in the strike by Royal Mail workers, it was reported today. …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Alternative: uShip Helps Keep Important Parcels, eBay and Amazon … – PR Web (press release)
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Read More »EBAY: Q3 Earnings Call @ 17:00 ET Today [delayed] – Trading Markets (press release)
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Read More »Your view: Concerns about post office parking – Hi-Desert Star
Your view: Concerns about post office parkingHi-Desert StarThe no parking (red zone) in front of the post office entrance is viewed by a healthy minority as their private parking area. This minority creates (or … More: continued here
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