Online auction site eBay has agreed to remove illegal Botox adverts after 240 unlawful listings were found over five days a consumer watchdog said. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Extends Media-Category Fees and Free-Shipping Incentives (AuctionBytes)
eBay announced it will extend the 5-cent insertion fee structure for fixed-price listings in the Media category through March 31, 2009, (sellers must list with pre-filled item information). More: continued here
Read More »FedEx may deliver big job cuts (China Daily)
With the recession deepening, the second-largest package delivery company must trim labor costs, speed retirement of older jets and halt expansion of its FedEx Office printing shops, said Dan Ortwerth, an Edward Jones & Co analyst. More: continued here
Read More »Peter Mandelson's Royal Mail privatisation plan leads Government … – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Peter Mandelson's Royal Mail privatisation plan leads Government …Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –29 minutes agoLord Mandelson's plan to part-privatise the Royal Mail has triggered the resignation of a Government aide in protest, the latest sign of a Labour rebellion … More: continued here
Read More »Audio: Geotagging Digital Photos (US News & World Report)
Interview on WTOP about device that stamps photos with location data More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail protest MP ‘should have gone sooner’ – Press and Journal
Royal Mail protest MP ‘should have gone sooner’Press and Journal, UK –3 minutes agoBy David Perry The Scottish Labour MP who quit the UK Government over plans to part-privatise Royal Mail was accused last night of “sitting on his hands for … More: continued here
Read More »Those in need of Food Stamps on the increase (KSLA-TV Shreveport)
Shreveport, LA (KSLA) – Workers at the food stamp office in Shreveport say as time goes on more and more people are coming in needing food stamps. They say from October of last year to the same time this year they have seen a 7% increase. They blame hurricanes and …
Read More »Unemployed Man Auctions Testicle On Ebay (PAHomePage.com)
AVOCA, LUZERNE COUNTY –They say desperate times call for desperate measures. And that’s what is prompting a Luzerne County man to sell a testicle on ebay. Consumer reporter Jeff Chirico here with the story. Jeff, is this a joke? More: continued here
Read More »Anger as cheque torn in the post – COMMENT ON THIS STORY – Scarborough Today
Anger as cheque torn in the post – COMMENT ON THIS STORYScarborough Today, UK –3 minutes ago"The service from Royal Mail is horrendous at the moment. We don't receive our mail until 1pm at the earliest." A Royal Mail spokeswoman said: "We apologise … More: continued here
Read More »Food stamp enrollment too low here, officials are told – Durham Herald Sun
Food stamp enrollment too low here, officials are toldDurham Herald Sun, NC –2 hours agoNorth Carolina's food stamp participation rate in 2006, the most recent year for which national rankings are available, was 67 percent, lower than the mark … More: continued here
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