Costco expands food stamp program – Forbes

Costco expands food stamp programForbes, NYBy SARAH SKIDMORE , 05.29.09, 02:46 PM EDT Costco Wholesale Corp., facing intense political pressure, said Friday that it will expand its new food stamp program to a third New York store that is under development. Costco ( COST – news – people ) …Costco will …

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Does It Pay to Reduce Pay? (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)

Once considered off limits for salaried managers and professionals, base pay reductions are becoming increasingly common in today’s brutal recession. Many human resources experts believe the recent moves by major companies — household names such as FedEx , Hewlett-Packard and Saks Fifth Avenue are all trimming salaries — could present …

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Lights! Camera! Inaction! – New York Times

Lights! Camera! Inaction!New York Times, United StatesBy VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN Anyone who has followed fantasy football or an eBay auction at the office — and gotten away with it — knows that many of our everyday activities now look like work. Typing and scrolling and peering at a computer, … More: continued …

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Computer error causes June food stamps to be issued early – KPLC-TV

Computer error causes June food stamps to be issued earlyKPLC-TV, LABATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Social Services today announced that all 282748 regular Food Stamp recipients inadvertently received their June benefits days early and should take the appropriate steps to budget accordingly to ensure those …Paper food stamps to …

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