Bill Wants Mandatory Drug Test to Receive Food StampsKYTX, TXA bill in West Virginia would make anyone filing for unemployment or food stamps show they are drug free. Someone who failed a drug test would get the benefits and 60 days to clean up. If they failed the next test, he …
Read More »EBay's Skype files claim against Joltid in UK – BusinessWeek
EBay's Skype files claim against Joltid in UKBusinessWeekSkype, a unit of eBay Inc., said Wednesday it has asked a UK court to resolve a dispute with Joltid Ltd., which owns peer-to-peer communication technology that Skype licenses for use in its software. In a recently filed claim with the English High …
Read More »Stephen Conroy 'auctioned' on eBay – NEWS.com.au
Stephen Conroy 'auctioned' on eBayNEWS.com.au, AustraliaBy staff writers A PRANK auction has been taken offline after someone tried to sell Communications Minister Stephen Conroy on eBay. Bidding had passed $700 by the time it was taken offline, almost 24 hours after it was posted. A cheeky eBay user, …Conroy up for …
Read More »Milk stamp backers eye SF artist's painting – Bay Area Reporter
Bay Area Reporter Milk stamp backers eye SF artist's paintingBay Area Reporter, CAby Matthew S. Bajko San Francisco artist Jim Leff has been creating stamp artworks since the 1980s. The postage mockups run the gamut from being homoerotic to political in nature. His first in the series, created in 1984 when …
Read More »Emirates Post opens 100th Post Office at Arabian Center – TMCnet
Emirates Post opens 100th Post Office at Arabian CenterTMCnetDubai, Apr 01, 2009 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) — Emirates Post has opened its 100th Post Office at Arabian Center, the new shopping mall in Al Khawaneej, Dubai. The event coincides with the centenary year of postal services in the …
Read More »Landmark eatery, Post Office Fruit, closes – The Union Leader
The Union Leader Landmark eatery, Post Office Fruit, closesThe Union Leader, NHBy DENIS PAISTE MANCHESTER – Downtown landmark Post Office Fruit, a luncheonette whose heyday was in an earlier era when the Manchester Union Leader was the dominant presence on Amherst Street, has closed and its owners have put the building …
Read More »VT Food Stamp Benefits Increase – Fox44 News
VT Food Stamp Benefits IncreaseFox44 News, VermontVermonters on food stamps will get a little more help. 3squaresvt has received $34 million as part of the federal stimulus package. Starting Wednesday, April 1, 2009 people in the program will get more money each month. The benefit increases are based …Low-Income Vermonters Get …
Read More »California food stamp benefits going up 13.6% – Los Angeles Times
News14.com California food stamp benefits going up 13.6%Los Angeles Times, CABy Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Michael Rothfeld California food stamp recipients will receive 13.6% more benefits thanks to the federal economic stimulus package, the state Department of Social Services announced Wednesday. …NYC gets more food stamps from stimulusBusinessWeekFederal Stimulus Increases NY Food …
Read More »EBay to test eBay Bucks shopping rewards program (San Francisco Chronicle)
Shopping on eBay just got a bit more rewarding, at least for some users of the online auctioneer’s site. On Wednesday, eBay Inc. launched a “beta” test version of eBay Bucks, a program that lets participants earn a 2 percent reward on certain items they buy… More: continued here
Read More »TV Dragons ‘Would Reject’ Royal Mail Sell-Off (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail are so poor, a cross-party committee of MPs has said, they would even be rejected on TV’s Dragon Den. More: continued here
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