A Boston-area man’s baseball memorabilia auction was banned earlier this week by eBay when he tried to sell underwear that formerly belonged to baseball stars Alex Rodriguez, Kevin Youkilis and Josh Beckett. More: continued here
Read More »2 FedEx units plan to raise rates by 5.7 (Courier-Post)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL plan to raise general rates by 5.7 percent, effective Jan. 5.The less-than-truckload companies are part of the FedEx Freight operating segment of the FedEx Corp., based in Memphis. More: continued here
Read More »Help to agency that helps poor New Yorkers (New York Daily News)
It took Vera Myers three months of back-and-forth visits to Human Resources Administration centers and a huge amount of frustration to finally get the food stamps she urgently needed. More: continued here
Read More »Mercent CEO Explains eBay Ad Strategy for Volume Retailers (AuctionBytes)
Mercent CEO Eric Best is no online retail newbie. He helped bring Toys R Us onto Amazon.com, and later worked on Amazon’s third-party seller program, known as Merchants@Amazon. Now his company is a key part of eBay’s strategy to attract major, high-volume retailers. More: continued here
Read More »Report: Cops shag balls for Prince Andrew (UPI)
LONDON, Dec. 7 (UPI) — Guards at Britain’s Buckingham Palace have shagged golf balls for Prince Andrew and tiptoe past his father’s open window, according to the Mail on Sunday. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail staff favour strikes (BBC News)
Royal Mail staff in Coventry vote in favour of taking strike action. More: continued here
Read More »Christmas Connection case 22: Needy single mom with two children (Tallahassee Democrat)
Needy single mom with two children. The 5-month-old is chronically ill and requires frequent medical care. Mom can’t work and uses disability and food stamps to survive. More: continued here
Read More »Pitt Football: Panthers’ 24 points in the third quarter stamps their ticket to Sun Bowl (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Sun Bowl chairman John Folmer walked into the center of a visiting locker room yesterday at Rentschler Field and had a simple question for the 23rd-ranked Pitt Panthers as More: continued here
Read More »Post office branch leaves 540 items of mail undelivered – The Daily Yomiuri
Post office branch leaves 540 items of mail undeliveredThe Daily Yomiuri, Japan –3 hours agos Kanto branch office has revealed that 540 items of mail were found to have been left undelivered at the branch's Shin-Koshigaya post office in Koshigaya, … More: continued here
Read More »Stuff Alert Tracks eBay Keywords for You [EBay] (Lifehacker)
Stuff Alert is a notification service for eBay keywords. Sign up for a free account, tell Stuff Alert what you’re looking for, and it will continually search eBay to find the keywords you have… More: continued here
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