EBay Backs Curbs on Pricing AccordsWall Street JournalBy JOSEPH PEREIRA An eBay Inc. executive told a US Senate hearing Tuesday that some manufacturers of consumer products are falsely accusing eBay merchants of selling counterfeit merchandise in an effort to restrict retail discounting. …EBay, Others Want End to Retail Price-fixingPC WorldeBay …
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When the FedEx delivery truck pulled up to his Shelbyville car lot last week, Brent Sandman grew wary. But only normal paperwork was in the packet dropped off by the driver, rather than the dreaded notice from General Motors. More: continued here
Read More »LETTER: Food stamps should not be used for junk food – Superior Telegram
LETTER: Food stamps should not be used for junk foodSuperior Telegram, MNI noticed he was using one of the EBT food stamp cards. Apparently he'd forgotten his PIN number and went to call someone for whatever reason. The clerk moved his order out of the way and rang my order through. …
Read More »Escambia FSET stands for Food Stamp Employment & Training. – The Young Turks
Escambia FSET stands for Food Stamp Employment & Training.The Young Turks, CABy its intent FSET is not necessarily a bad concept except that it is a private industry Not for Profit that is threatening me and my ability to get food stamps because of its very existence. I have noticed that …
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