MP's vow to save post officeManchester Online, UK –6 hours agoEight post offices under threat are in his own constituency. But when he faced 100 constituents at Lees Library in the shadow of at-risk Lees Post Office, … More: continued here
SOME people collect stamps while others have a fascination for classic art but Ken Shire is obsessed with… Morris Minors. More: continued here
An internal Canadian military document is critical of an Arctic sovereignty exercise last August for lack of interest by officers.The report on Operation Nanook was obtained by The Globe and Mail newspaper under the Access to Information Act. It said officers failed to distribute information on how the exercises on capturing drug smugglers and responding…
Trade Me Lawsuit an eBay Copycat Case?Auctionbytes –3 hours agoLast week, a French court ordered eBay to pay almost 40 million euros to LVMH for "negligence" and "illicit sales" over the sale of counterfeit goods on its … More: continued here
The classic romantic ballet “Giselle” opens at the Metropolitan Opera House. Presented by the American Ballet Theatre, this tale of an ultimately royal village maiden is filled with unrequited love, beauty and sorrow. More: continued here
Thousands of poor students in Ohio who need free school lunches will get to skip the paperwork this fall. Instead of requiring families who receive food stamps or are part of the Ohio Works First program to fill out forms and return them to their children’s schools, districts already will know they are eligible and…
They won’t face the usual paperwork for the fall but will be enrolled in the program automatically, thanks to a recent federal requirement. The Ohio Department of Education will rely on lists of families that get food stamps or state cash assistance. More: continued here
ACCC still has its eye on eBayNEWS.com.au, Australia –15 minutes agoEBAY Australia is still under the competition watchdog's microscope despite last week's decision by the online auction giant to drop its case for PayPal … More: continued here
EBAY Australia is still under the competition watchdog’s microscope despite eBay’s decision to drop its case for PayPal exclusivity. More: continued here
eBay in its wisdom decided to implement a new policy for its Australian auction site. That policy was to force all users to pay by PayPal. The reason used for such a decision was protection against fraud, but sellers in particular got very angry at the forthcoming change. It would have meant options such as…