Florida officials scramble to stop outsourcing on food stamp callsPalm Beach Post, United StatesBy MICHAEL C. BENDER TALLAHASSEE — The head of the Florida agency that oversees the state food stamp program said Thursday that he was trying to stop customer service calls from being answered overseas. "I totally understand …
Read More »Kendall-Whittier Post Office To Close (News On 6 Tulsa)
The post office is closing May 1 because customer numbers have dropped over the past two years. More: continued here
Read More »With Korea Deal, eBay Tries Again in Asia (BusinessWeek)
Internet retail giant eBay ( EBAY ) is going on the offensive in Asia. On Apr. 16, eBay said it had secured agreements to buy a 67% stake of South Korea’s Gmarket ( GMKT ) in a deal estimated to be worth as much as $1.2 billion. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Plans Skype Spin-Off (Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Online auction company eBay has announced plans to spin off its Skype arm with an initial public offering that is intended to be completed in the first half of 2010. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail manager charged with theft – The Herald
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Read More »Anyone driving near the Gateway Post Office Wednesday was witness to the tea party (FOX Eugene)
There were flags, there were chants, and there was tea bag attire. Anyone driving near the Gateway Post Office Wednesday noticed hundreds of people taking part in an anti-tax “tea party” blasting government spending. Thousands of rallies like this one in Springfield happened all day tax day, all over the …
Read More »April 15th Tax Day: Post Offices Not Too Busy – LocalNews8.com
KULR-TV April 15th Tax Day: Post Offices Not Too BusyLocalNews8.com, IDBy Michelle Costa, Local News 8 Reporter And, in most places, you're too late to hit the post office to put your paperwork in the mail, but there is still time to finish things online. We checked out the Pocatello Post …
Read More »Stamps on M’sia’s engineering marvels on sale Monday (The Star)
KUALA LUMPUR : Pos Malaysia will issue on Monday special stamps and First Day covers that will feature Malaysia’s past and present accomplishments in the various fields of engineering. More: continued here
Read More »Bearing the stamp of tradition – Jakarta Post
Bearing the stamp of traditionJakarta Post, IndonesiaThe craft of making cap batik – copper stamps used to stamp batik designs on the cloth, rather than draw each motif individually – is such a part of his culture and identity that the 76-year-old insists he will keep on doing it until the …
Read More »Is eBay Finally Throwing in the Towel with Skype? – Voxilla.com
Novinite.com Is eBay Finally Throwing in the Towel with Skype?Voxilla.com, CAAmidst the worst economic downturn in nearly a century eBay wants to unload its Skype subsidiary — either through an initial public stock offering next year, or by an outright sale — and the company will “maximize the value” of its …
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