A furious bidding war has broken out on eBay, the online auction site, over a pair of tickets to next week’s opening home game of the New York Mets baseball team. More: continued here
Are food stamps taxable? How about unemployment benefits?Orlando Sentinel, FLBy Harriet Johnson Brackey | South Florida Sun-Sentinel For 2009 only, you can exclude from your income up to $2400 of unemployment benefits, says Bob D. Scharin, senior tax analyst with the tax and accounting business of Thomson Reuters. … More: continued here
Delivery groups reap online benefitFinancial Times, UKHome Delivery Network , the UK’s biggest consumer parcel delivery company after Royal Mail, forecast growth of 23.5 per cent over the next four years as more goods – from bottles of wine to rabbit hutches – are sent directly to shoppers’ homes. More: continued here
WAILUKU – The county is considering buying the old Wailuku Post Office for $1.5 million and converting the building into new office space. More: continued here
WASHINGTON (AP) –The increased use of ethanol could cost the government up to $900 million for food stamps and child nutrition programs, a congressional report says. More: continued here
Bernard Madoff is still making a market – at least his Citi Field seats are. The two tickets for Monday’s Citi Field opener owned by Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities were bid up to $1,925 by noon EDT Friday on eBay Seats 5-6 in the eighth row in section 11, just to the home plate…
The Post Office has apologised to customers who were unable to get their benefits paid after branches across Northern Ireland ran out of money. More: continued here
FedEx lays off 74 in Bath Township More: continued here
eBay Motors, Pep Boys, AutoTrader Hold Fraud SummitAuctionBytes Blog, MAeBay Motors, AutoTrader.com, Cars.com, Mota.com and Pep Boys are forming an alliance to address the growing problem of fraud in the online used-car marketplace. FAIR (Fraud Abatement through Industry Response) will host a first one-day roundtable event …Auto Industry Leaders Unite to Combat Online FraudSYS-CON Media (press…
Two charged with food stamp fraudWTOC, GABy WTOC staff SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – The US attorney for the southern district of Georgia says two people have been indicted on charges of food stamp fraud after officials say the suspects tried to get thousands of dollars in food stamp benefits. … More: continued here