Stimulus means more money for food stamps in SDForbes, NYIn a release, Rounds said that as of April 1, the maximum monthly food stamp benefit will increase based on household size. The governor says many South Dakotans have applied for food stamps in recent months and that due to extra funding, …
Read More »Cogent Systems Announces Contract with UK Post Office Limited – SYS-CON Media (press release)
Cogent Systems Announces Contract with UK Post Office LimitedSYS-CON Media (press release), NJCogent Systems (Nasdaq: COGT) today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide services to Post Office Limited in the United Kingdom. The initial contract is valued by the Company at £42 million pounds or approximately $60 …
Read More »Flooding closes west Wichita post office (The Wichita Eagle)
The post office facility near Kellogg and Tyler has closed after a water leak flooded the building. Letter carriers from the Delano Carrier Annex were able to collect their mail and depart on their daily routes. But contingency plans are being developed because the facility will not be available for …
Read More »FedEx cargo plane crashes at Tokyo airport; 2 dead (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A FedEx cargo plane smashed into a runway and burst into a ball of fire while attempting to land at Tokyo’s main international airport Monday, killing the American pilot and copilot. More: continued here
Read More »EBay’s Skype targets businesses (BizJournals)
EBay Inc.’s Internet calling unit Skype unveiled software on Monday that works on corporate telephone systems. (EBAY) (GOOG) More: continued here
Read More »People and Accounts of Note – New York Times
People and Accounts of NoteNew York Times, United StatesMr. Danahy had managed the digital sales operations of The New York Post, owned by the News Corporation. Tony Davidson and Kim Papworth, executive creative directors at the London office of Wieden & Kennedy, were named partners. …Accounts, People & MiscellanyNew York Timesall …
Read More »Postal worker accused of stealing, reselling stamps (Baltimore Sun)
A U.S. Postal Service worker at the Elkridge post office is facing theft charges, accused of stealing more than $314,000 worth of stamps and, with a friend’s help, selling them on eBay. More: continued here
Read More »'Craigslist' Is Top Search Term – InformationWeek
'Craigslist' Is Top Search TermInformationWeek, NYThe top US search term driving the most traffic from paid listings last week was "eBay," according to Hitwise. EBay received 0.04% of paid clicks during the week ending March 14. That share is four times greater than the second-ranked keyword for paid …Craigslist more searched …
Read More »Bayonne on the block: “Rare” Bayonne Bridge coin on eBay (El Nuevo)
Bayonne Now is guessing that everyone ion Bayonne already has a signed Carl Sandburg sketch . For the second week in a row, an eBay item featured here didn’t attract one bidder. Maybe the price tage of xxx had something to do with it. More: continued here
Read More »Stock-Option Repricing Lets Employees Sidestep Crash – Bloomberg
Stock-Option Repricing Lets Employees Sidestep CrashBloombergBy Ian King and Connie Guglielmo March 23 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and dozens of other companies are asking shareholders to do something for employees that investors can’t do for themselves: sidestep the worst market crash … More: continued here
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