Hard times also affect pets (Baltimore Sun)

People on food stamps, Social Security face difficulty providing care Diana Bardsley wiped tears from her eyes as she recalled taking food off her plate to feed her beloved spaniel, Hunter, and two Siamese cats. More: continued here

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FedEx to drop Kinko’s name (Orlando Sentinel)

FedEx plans to stop using the Kinko’s name on its copy and office service stores and book an $891 million charge for the quarter that ended Saturday. The charge relates to a decision about the use of the Kinko’s name and a write-down of the value of its acquisition of …

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Mail boss ‘should hang his head’ – York Press

Mail boss ‘should hang his head’York Press, UK –3 hours agoBy Reader's letter DOES Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier give a thought to the hardship he has caused by closing 4600 post offices – and planning to …JEZ DAVISON ponders “fat cats” furynebusiness.co.ukall 2 news articles More: continued here

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Auctions on eBay: A Dying Breed (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)

Bruce Hershenson, who auctions vintage posters online, is hanging up his eBay gavel. For almost a decade, Hershenson’s business epitomized the e-commerce that made eBay (NasdaqGS:EBAY – News) famous. He sold rare, collectible, sometimes kitschy memorabilia in online auctions that had a starting bid of 99%. But as the business …

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