Although rubber stamps have stayed mostly the same for about 150 years, Holmes Stamp and Sign Co., a Jacksonville small business, is proving that the rubber stamp industry can be profitable, even in an economic recession. With the exception of self-inking stamps, technology hasn’t really changed stamps themselves, but it …
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Nearly 90 Labour backbenchers could oppose Prime Minister Gordon Brown if he goes ahead with government plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. More: continued here
Read More »Family Seeks Corporate Sponsor On eBay (FOX 29 Philadelphia)
A father who recently lost his job is putting his family up for auction on eBay. He says if a company sponsors them, his whole family will wear their products and logos. Fox’s Lauren Petrowski reports. More: continued here
Read More »Police: Man Tried To Pick Up Pot At Post Office (WRTV Indianapolis)
A Lawrence man is arrested after police say he tried to claim a package containing a drug shipment at a local post office. More: continued here
Read More »Post office cash thief sentenced (The Times Record)
BATH — Alan Schoppee, the former postal worker who pleaded guilty to charges that he opened cards and stole money from them while working at the U.S. Post Office in Bath, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Portland. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Office To Provide Free Resume Printing (CBS 11 Dallas – Fort Worth)
FedEx Office will provide free resume printing services to its customers on March 10. Customers can go into any location and receive up to 25 free black and white copies of their resume. More: continued here
Read More »Post office cash thief sentenced – Brunswick Times Record
Post office cash thief sentencedBrunswick Times Record, United StatesBy Seth Koenig, Times Record Staff BATH — Alan Schoppee, the former postal worker who pleaded guilty to charges that he opened cards and stole money from them while working at the US Post Office in Bath, was sentenced Tuesday in federal …
Read More »Collecting Houses in Northern Italy (New York Times)
Some people collect stamps, ornaments or miniatures, but Toni Hilton collects houses in the Monferrato region of northern Italy. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Pushes Classifieds onto eBay Spain (AuctionBytes)
Visitors to eBay Spain are now taken to a main page promoting four eBay properties – “eBay Classic,” and three new local classifieds sites: eBay Anuncios (classifieds), eBay Coches (cars) and eBay Pisos (real estate). More: continued here
Read More »Israeli Synagogue Taps EBay as Madoff Losses Reduce Donations (Bloomberg)
March 4 (Bloomberg) — A Jewish community is tapping EBay Inc. to raise money for the construction of a synagogue on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, after donations were cut short because of the losses incurred by Bernard Madoff . More: continued here
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