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FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL will implement 5.7-percent general rate increases effective Jan. 5, 2009. The GRI will apply to interstate and intrastate traffic, as well as certain shipments between the United States and Canada and Mexico. More: continued here

Dec 8 (Reuters) – Shell International Finance B.V., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, on Monday sold $2.75 billion of 30-year senior notes, according to IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication. More: continued here

Stealing computers from a school and selling them on ebay.com – that’s what police are saying Edward Lutz was doing. Lutz worked as an IT supervisor at Paradise Education Center in Surprise. Police say they found computers and electronics that had been stolen from the school at his home and …

E! Online Miley, Angelina, Brit, LC: The Year's Biggest SelloutsE! Online –41 minutes agoComing out tops in this year's celebrity maternity race, at least according to the highly scientific 2008 sales figures released today by eBay, … More: continued here

MSP Joe FitzPatrick visited his local posties today to give them a boost as they gear up for the busiest time of their year (writes Maura Bowman). More: continued here

Jewelers Circular Keystone Online Holiday E-shopping Accelerates in Early DecemberPC World –4 hours agoThe most popular online retailer during the first five days of December was eBay with 36.6 million unique visitors, although that is down 9 percent from the …Holiday E-Commerce Season Sales Finally Match Last Year as Two …MarketWatchDecember …

Anne Arundel has greatest increase of recipientsBaltimore Sun, United States –9 minutes agoAP Record numbers of Maryland residents are receiving food stamps this year, the Department of Human Resources says. Anne Arundel County, with a 26 percent … More: continued here

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – State lawmakers have approved Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s request to hire 60 workers to help the state meet a growing demand for food stamps. More: continued here

When we overdose on celebrities and overindulge in gadgets, where’s the vomitorium to hurl it up? Why, it’s eBay, on whose shores the flotsam of every shipwrecked trend lands. Here’s what was formerly hot in 2008: Nintendo Wii – 2,056,866 related items sold Xbox 360 – 1,297,903 related items sold …

Godwin Heights' Stamps has academics coveredMLive.com, MI –5 hours agoFor Godwin Heights senior basketball player Corey Stamps, his summer involved a drive to Chicago. It wasn't technically work in a job sense, … More: continued here