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Read More »U.S. Stock Futures Swing Between Gains, Losses; FedEx Slumps (Bloomberg)
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures drifted between gains and losses as speculation that government stimulus programs will boost the economy offset forecasts from FedEx Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. that disappointed investors. More: continued here
Read More »(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-09 12:33 PRESS DIGEST – Canada – Dec 9 (Interactive Investor)
Dec 9 (Reuters) – The following are top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL: More: continued here
Read More »SIIA expands piracy lawsuits to Amazon.com, iOffer sellers – NetworkWorld.com
SIIA expands piracy lawsuits to Amazon.com, iOffer sellersNetworkWorld.com, MA –57 minutes agoUntil this new round of lawsuits, the SIIA had focused on eBay sellers allegedly offering pirated software. Several defendants have settled the cases … More: continued here
Read More »Welfare exploding in Fla. economy (WPTV West Palm Beach)
1.7 million Floridians are getting food stamps, up 45 percent since April 2007. More: continued here
Read More »Mail centres vote to go on strike at Christmas (Socialist Worker)
Postal workers in seven mail centres have voted to take one-day strikes in the run-up to Christmas. The strikes – at Oxford, Milton Keynes, Crewe, Merseyside, Bolton, Stockport and Coventry – are in response to Royal Mail’s plans to close several mail centres across Britain. More: continued here
Read More »A placement with royal solicitors boosts Chelsy’s career prospects (hellomagazine.com via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Prince Harry’s girlfriend Chelsy Davy has won a prestigious work placement at the Queen’s solicitors, Farrer & Co. More: continued here
Read More »MOBILE POST OFFICE, LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR BUKIT ANTARABANGSA RESIDENTS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (Bernama) — Pos Malaysia will station a mobile post office and a mail operations room at the temporary relief centre in Sekolah Kebangsaan Ulu Klang. More: continued here
Read More »New ‘Paperless’ Policy At eBay Narrows Payment Options – Antiques and the Arts Online
New ‘Paperless’ Policy At eBay Narrows Payment OptionsAntiques and the Arts Online, CT –3 minutes ago:This past October, eBay sellers and buyers awoke to a new world order with the online auction platform's announcement that it was moving to electronic-only … More: continued here
Read More »Swamped recruiters cope with mounds of worry (Miami Herald)
It’s 4:30 a.m. and Victoria Villalba is awake, BlackBerry in hand, pondering the e-mail she received a few minutes earlier. It’s another desperate plea from a laid-off worker asking to find him work, another e-mail ending with the same three words, “I’ll take anything!” More: continued here
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