Flood victims lining up for food stampsChicago Tribune, United States –12 minutes agoBy Joel Hood | Chicago Tribune reporter Thousands of Chicago-area residents braved the morning chill Monday to apply for food stamps to recoup losses from … More: continued here
STAMFORD – A Bridgeport man pleaded not guilty yesterday in state Superior Court to stealing more than $20,000 worth of Confederate and late-1800s era U. More: continued here
Drivers for FedEx Corp. have won about $14.4 million in a dispute over whether the delivery company illegally classified them as independent contractors instead of employees. More: continued here
Online auction site eBay Inc. said Monday it will institute a global ban on the sale of all ivory products starting next year. The ban, announced on the company’s blog eBay Ink, sought to ensure the protection of African and Asian elephants, eBay blogger Richard Brewer-Hay wrote. He said he had recently been at a…
FedEx Ground’s purchase of 150 acres in a Kernersville business park cost $13.3 million, according to public records, and while the purchase would seem to underscore FedEx’s intentions regarding a new ground cargo hub, the company declined again this week to confirm whether it will establish that operation in the Triad. More: continued here
Money is tight everywhere but that’s not why the Cook County Forest Preserve District is selling its old picnic tables on the auction site eBay. More: continued here
EBay to ban sale of ivory productsReuters South Africa, South Africa –3 minutes ago(Reuters) – EBay Inc will institute a global ban on the sale of all types of ivory products by January 1, 2009, after a conservation group investigation … More: continued here
County selling old picnic tables on eBayChicago Tribune, United States –15 minutes agoOn Monday, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County put 2000 of its picnic tables up for sale on eBay, for $15 apiece ($10 if sold to charities). … More: continued here
My colleague Felicity Barringer tells us that eBay will ban all transactions in ivory on its global e-commerce site starting next year. The announcement, made on the company’s eBay Ink blog Monday, comes as the Massachusetts-based International Fund for Animal Welfare prepares to issue a report condemning the Internet auctions site for allowing the global…
Lord Mandelson has resurrected his call for the partial privatisation of Royal Mail, 10 years on from his initial proposed restructure. More: continued here