Florida officials report a 44 percent increase over the past year in the number of college students receiving food stamps.The figure is about twice the rate of increase for food stamp recipients in the general population as a whole, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.The Florida Department of Children & Families …
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Read More »EBay seeking stake in South Korea’s Gmarket (Stuff)
EBay Inc is seeking to buy a minority stake in Gmarket Inc, the US online auctioneer says, sending shares of the South Korean online retailer up as much as 15 percent. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx cargo handler charged in theft of handguns (Asbury Park Press)
Federal agents have charged two men with stealing firearms from a New Jersey Federal Express facility where one of them worked and then selling them at public housing projects and on city streets. More: continued here
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Three post offices in the Wigan area are to be axed, the Royal Mail has confirmed. (13/08/2008 09:51:22) More: continued here
Read More »EBay in talks to buy minority stake in Gmarket (San Francisco Chronicle)
The online auction company eBay Inc. said Wednesday it is in talks to buy a minority stake in the South Korean online marketplace operator Gmarket. The talks are with Interpark Corp. and its chairman, Ki Hyung Lee, who own a combined 37 percent of Gmarket…. More: continued here
Read More »Public meeting on post office closures – Bedford Today
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Read More »Tech tickers: Tiffany appeals eBay counterfeit ruling; Sun rating … – San Jose Mercury News
BBC News Tech tickers: Tiffany appeals eBay counterfeit ruling; Sun rating …San Jose Mercury News, USA –22 hours agoTiffany, the world's second-largest luxury-jewelry retailer, appealed a federal judge's ruling that eBay isn't responsible for sales of knockoff Tiffany …Tiffany appeals judge's eBay rulingToronto StarTiffany files eBay ruling appealBBC NewsTiffany to appeal …
Read More »We can ill afford to lose Post Office – Fenland Today
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Read More »Wife humiliates love rival on eBay – The Australian
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