Oracle Gets Stuck in the GlueBarron’sThe parent, Afinsa Bienes Tangibles, in turn was selling the stamps to individual investors in what Spanish authorities later called a Ponzi scheme. Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Connecticut-based Escala (ticker: ESCL) with … More: continued here
Read More »Bid on a Matt Lauer Nude (Painting) – NBC Los Angeles
Bid on a Matt Lauer Nude (Painting)NBC Los Angeles, CAEarlier this month, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry and Al Roker took a field trip to the New York Academy of Art, now, the “forbidden fruits” of their labors are headed to the eBay auction block. They say beauty is in …
Read More »Mega night out for innovators – guardian.co.uk
Mega night out for innovatorsguardian.co.uk, UKAn internet balloon race, a BBC film shot entirely on mobile phones, chocolate letters sent by Royal Mail and the first music video contained in an Excel spreadsheet. All were winners at the MediaGuardian Innovation awards last week. … More: continued here
Read More »Bad policy to disallow soda purchase with food stamps – Kennebec Journal
Bad policy to disallow soda purchase with food stampsKennebec Journal, MEWhy then do I oppose a pair of bills in the Maine Legislature (LD 752 and LD 753) that would ban using food stamps to purchase soda? The answer is simple — I don't believe that this is an effective way …
Read More »eBay follows in Yahoo's footsteps, embraces IE8 – Ars Technica
eBay follows in Yahoo's footsteps, embraces IE8Ars Technica, MAeBay apparently liked what Yahoo did with their customized version of IE7 and has decided to do something similar with IE8. By Emil Protalinski | Last updated March 29, 2009 9:41 PM CT eBay has decided that releasing its own Visual Search option, …
Read More »MAIL COMMENT: Bare-faced fraud that taints every MP (Daily Mail)
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Read More »Medgar Evers Post Office holds passport fair (WLBT 3 Jackson)
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – If you’re planning a trip out of the country any time soon, don’t forget to update your passport. On Saturday morning, the Medgar Evers branch of the U.S. Post office held a passport fair. More: continued here
Read More »eBay’s Meg Whitman on Building a Company’s Culture (BusinessWeek)
In February former eBay ( EBAY ) CEO and current California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman sat down with her former colleague Rajiv Dutta to discuss what they call “the character of the company”—a dialogue about business ethics that is particularly timely in light of the corporate scandals dominating the news …
Read More »Post office phases out stamp vending machines in county (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 1:03 a.m. Local consumers used to going to a vending machine for their postage stamps will have to start buying face-to-face, or online. More: continued here
Read More »Piecing together the strategy (Boston Globe)
During Oklahoma’s 84-71 smackdown of Syracuse in the NCAA South Regional semifinals Friday at FedEx Forum in Memphis, CBS announcer Jim Nantz remarked how the Orange played “on the very same floor” Dec. 20 against the Memphis Tigers. More: continued here
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