Sometimes, it pays not to be rich. I thought that to myself several months ago when I walked out of then-FedEx Kinko’s in Clovis several months ago after I successfully bargained down a $140 piece of print work by 20 percent. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Bucks Loyalty Program Launches in Beta – AuctionBytes Blog
AuctionBytes Blog eBay Bucks Loyalty Program Launches in BetaAuctionBytes Blog, MAeBay is rolling out a loyalty program called eBay Bucks, which it had tested last year with tens of thousands of users in a 3-month pilot program. Not everyone will be invited into the new program right away – during the …
Read More »Ending the Post Office Monopoly – Cabot Wealth Advisory
Ending the Post Office MonopolyCabot Wealth Advisory, MABut it's become identified with the USPS because back in 1896-97, when the New York City General Post Office was being designed, Mitchell Kendal, an employee for the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, came up with the idea of engraving …Resource Map to …
Read More »Critics say welfare changes cost Indiana 100M so far (FOX 59 Indianapolis)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Critics of the privatization of Indiana’s welfare system say it already has cost the state $100 million in lost economic activity in just the portion of the state where benefits have been automated. More: Local News The Indiana Home Care Task Force also says participation …
Read More »Rare Nintendo Test Cartridge on eBay (GameSpy)
Auction is already over $1,000 for a completely useless NES cart. Collectors. I’ll never understand ’em. TechEBlog pointed out an eBay auction a few days ago concerning an NES Joystick Test Cartridge . With a little over two days still to go on the auction, 14 people have bid on …
Read More »RAAF celebrates 88th birthday (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The Royal Australian Air Force is celebrating its 88th birthday today. More: continued here
Read More »Bolton to be wiped off postal map – The Bolton News
Bolton to be wiped off postal mapThe Bolton News, UKFrom next year, Bolton’s mail will be sorted in Manchester, and the Royal Mail says it would be too difficult to treat Bolton’s mail differently to the rest of Greater Manchester’s. Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South East, who has been campaigning …
Read More »moconews – iPhone Pushes Further Into Mobile With Skype On iphone – Washington Post
ABC News moconews – iPhone Pushes Further Into Mobile With Skype On iphoneWashington Post, United StatesSkype's COO Scott Durchslag told the WSJ that the iphone app is part of the ebay (NSDQ: EBAY) unit's push into mobile. Mobile devices are "where the majority of the world's conversations are happening these days," …
Read More »U2 to play D.C.’s FedEx Field (Baltimore Sun)
Tickets on sale April 6 Legendary rock group U2 is coming to Washington’s FedEx Field Sept. 29. Muse will be the opening act. More: continued here
Read More »Tragedy at Narita (The Japan Times)
Narita airport, Japan’s busiest international gateway, which opened in 1978, saw its first fatalities from an air accident there on the morning of March 23, when a FedEx MD-11 cargo plane crash-landed and burst into flames. The pilot and copilot, the only crew members, were killed. The fatalities were also …
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