Recession makes cave-dwellers sell on eBay (CNET)
Curt Sleeper and his family live in a Missouri cave. His mortgage has come due and he’s trying to refinance. Because of the recession, they’ve put the cave on eBay. More: continued here
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PM faces revolt and strike over Royal Mail (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government faced on Tuesday a major revolt among his supporters and a union threat of a strike over plans to sell a stake in postal services operator Royal Mail. More: continued here
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Govt Will Not ‘Walk Away’ From Royal Mail (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Lord Mandelson has told Sky News he is sorry for any “political pain” over Royal Mail, but says he “can’t walk away” from the problem. More: continued here
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State to Replace Food Stamps Lost in Tornado – Today’s MGT
State to Replace Food Stamps Lost in TornadoToday’s MGT, GAAnyone who lost food supplies obtained with Georgia food stamps as a result of severe weather on February 19 can get replacement provisions by visiting their local Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) … More: continued here
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Royal Mail must be privatised to save pension, says trustee chairman – Employee Benefits
Royal Mail must be privatised to save pension, says trustee chairmanEmployee Benefits, UKRoyal Mail pension scheme members have been warned that their retirement savings could be halved if the plan to privatise part of the business does not go ahead. Royal Mail pensions trustees chairman, Jane Newell, has said that if the recommendations … More: continued…
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What Happened to eBay? (Schaeffers Research)
The author of a recent Fortune article ponders the weakness of auctioneer giant eBay (EBAY: sentiment, chart, options)…( Read More ) More: continued here
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Royal Mail’s present structure is unsustainable (Times Online)
The only real question about the future of the Royal Mail is when, and how, the service will be restructured and partly privatised, not whether. It will happen either over the next year under the Brown Government, or later under a likely Conservative successor. More: continued here
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Union threatens to withdraw £1 million Labour funding over Post … – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Union threatens to withdraw £1 million Labour funding over Post…Telegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThe Communication Workers Union is threatening to withdraw its £1 million annual donation to the Labour party over the Government's plans to sell-off part of the Royal Mail. By Andrew Porter, Political Editor The CWU said it's relationship with Labour …What do you think…
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eBay nears 20 million searches last month, Nielsen says (InternetRetailer.com)
The retailer name “ebay” was searched for a whopping 19.3 million times in January, with “walmart” coming in a distant second with almost 6.1 million searches and “amazon” third with just over 5.2 million searches. More: continued here
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Civil rights figures to be on postage stamps (ABC 7 Chicago)
A dozen civil rights pioneers take their places of honor on U.S. postage stamps Saturday. More: continued here