FedEx says it will permanently remove 14 jets from service as part of an overall plan to reduce capacity amid weak economic conditions. The Memphis, Tenn.-based company will remove the jets — 10 Airbus A310s and four Boeing MD10s — by May 31, along with some excess engines. It will …
Read More »Friend or foe? Money Mail raises serious new questions about … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Friend or foe? Money Mail raises serious new questions about …Daily Mail, UKBy James Coney Three years ago, Money Mail investigated PayPal, the payments service owned by online auction site eBay. PayPal pledged to clean up its act. But a fresh investigation by JAMES CONEY has uncovered a major …
Read More »Extended Post Office Hours for Tax Filers – WXYZ
KRQE Extended Post Office Hours for Tax FilersWXYZ, MIThe Main post office on Fort Street in downtown Detroit, the Redford post office and the Royal Oak post offices will all remain open until midnight. The Ann Arbor post office on Stadium Boulevard will be accepting tax returns until 8:30 PM.What last-minute …
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The Colony resident Wanda Sykes-Moore is quick to dispel the notion that proper etiquette is a lot of stuffy nonsense. “Raised pinkies are not required,” she said. “Etiquette doesn’t make you snobbish, it makes you better.” More: continued here
Read More »BJ’s Will Accept Food Stamps (11:25 a.m.) (CBS 6 Richmond)
BJ’s Wholesale Club says it will now accept food stamps. The retailer says it’s making the change to help more Americans meet basic food needs. BJ’s will now accept EBT payments at all 180 Club locations throughout its 15-state footprint. More: continued here
Read More »BJ’s stores begin taking food stamps (The Charlotte Observer)
BJ’s Wholesale Club, which has four locations in the Charlotte area, has begun accepting government-issued food stamps – becoming the first U.S. warehouse club to take the payments chainwide, the company said today. More: continued here
Read More »EBay To Spin Off Skype By First Half Of 2010 >EBAY – Wall Street Journal
New York Times EBay To Spin Off Skype By First Half Of 2010 >EBAYWall Street JournalEbay Inc. (EBAY) said it would spin off its Internet-calling business Skype through an initial public offering in the first half of next year, after the online auctioneer faced calls for months to unload the …
Read More »US Stocks Off; Goldman Sachs Leads Financials' Decline – Wall Street Journal
US Stocks Off; Goldman Sachs Leads Financials' DeclineWall Street JournalShares of eBay (Nasdaq) shed 25 cents, or 1.7%, to 14.38. After the bell, the online auctioneer said it would spin off its Skype Internet telephony unit by the first half of 2010. Elsewhere in the financial sector, shares of credit-card …
Read More »Man held over suspicious parcels (BBC News)
A 47-year-old Nottingham man is arrested in connection with the discovery of six suspicious parcels at a Royal Mail depot. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Won't Cater To Tax Procrastinators – KETV.com
NBC Augusta Post Office Won't Cater To Tax ProcrastinatorsKETV.com, NEIf not themselves, tax-filing procrastinators can blame electronic filing and budget shortfalls for the lack of extended post office hours this year at tax deadline. The post office and all its branches will close at 5:30 pm Wednesday. …No drive-by dropoff for …
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