TrustedReviews Forget Apple, Amazon Should Buy Twittter. Why Not?TechCrunch, CAOne of the least-understood benefits of tightly tying PayPal to ebay transactions is the resulting free promotion paypal gets being front-and-center in all ebay transactions. Visa or Mastercard would have to pay millions and millions to get that kind …Apple Said to …
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Road to Recovery: Residents rely on food stampsThe News-Press, FLFood stamps: Households must have a monthly gross income less than or equal to 130 percent of the federal poverty level and net income less than or equal to 100 percent of the federal poverty level. – The 2009 federal poverty level …
Read More »Royal Mail is not for sale (Morning Star)
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown is clearly emulating one of his predecessors in his attitude over Royal Mail. The problem is that the predecessor that he has chosen is Margaret Thatcher. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail appeal waning say analysts (Daily Telegraph)
Doubts are growing over the Government’s ability to find a buyer for a 30pc stake in Royal Mail. More: continued here
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Members of the Calgary Stampeders will be back in local schools this week as part of the GreenZone Sustainability Blitz Speaker Series. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Fakes Devalue the Craft of Tomb Robbing (Slashdot)
James McP writes “According to an article on Archaeology, fake artifacts being sold on eBay have caused the bottom to drop out of the low-end artifact market. This outcome is exactly opposite to what archeologists feared would happen when eBay came on the scene. A side effect of more and …
Read More »eBay Saves Historic Treasures By Selling Fakes (InformationWeek)
An anthropologist says eBay has made it more profitable for tomb raiders to create fake artifacts than to pilfer burial sites or other archeological digs. More: continued here
Read More »Minister defends Royal Mail sell-off (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The government’s plans for the future of Royal Mail are “comprehensive” and the most convincing option, the postal services minister has said. More: continued here
Read More »Vintage Boys Shirt Collects $9400… Selling on eBay – WebWire (press release)
Vintage Boys Shirt Collects $9400… Selling on eBayWebWire (press release), GAA Vintage Native American (Boys) Shirt recently drew a virtual crowd before collecting its final eBay selling price of $9498. In the end over 600 visitors clicked to take a closer look at the extraordinary historical shirt, with 7 (collectively) …Ebay …
Read More »City Attorney takes on post office – San Francisco Chronicle
City Attorney takes on post officeSan Francisco Chronicle, USA – Mike KepkaHerrera had threatened to file the lawsuit weeks ago, sending a letter to the US Attorney's Office to announce his intentions. He said he got a 7-page letter from the post office in response, which amounted to seven pages of "pretty …
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