Britain’s Princes Harry and William are plotting a 1,000-mile motorcycle ride across Africa, nicknaming their adventure Operation ER+Queen.The ER in the trek’s name refers to Peter Fonda’s 1969 U.S. road movie Easy Rider and Queen is a nod to actor Steve McQueen’s memorable motorcycle jumps in the 1963 World War …
Read More »Royal Oak’s downtown moving in different ways for different people (West Bloomfield Eccentric)
Longtime Royal Oak landlord and real estate broker Bob Sheldon doesn’t see the national retail and restaurant chains that have cropped up as anything significant. More: continued here
Read More »Look at age discrimination cases (Boston Globe)
A brief description of the five age-discrimination cases at the Supreme Court: FEDEX : Whether employees forfeit their chance to pursue age discrimination lawsuits because the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to notify an employer, in this case, FedEx Corp., of a complaint. (Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki, 06-1322.) More: …
Read More »Workers start to get paid through post offices – Emirates Business 24/7
Emirates Business 24/7 Workers start to get paid through post officesEmirates Business 24/7, United Arab Emirates –1 hour agoThey collected their pay from Ajman Central Post Office. “More than 100 employees collected their salaries from the post office this week and another 100 … More: continued here
Read More »Going, Going, Gone: Selling is made simple on eBay (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Since discovering the Internet trading site eBay, Lora Herrmann has sold off everything her family doesn’t need. The joke is that she’ll even sell her husband’s shoes if he takes them off. More: continued here
Read More »Not your father’s stamp collection anymore (Niagara Falls Review)
Postage stamps are becoming more about Superman, Cinderella and Jurassic Park dinosaurs than about the Queen, old steam locomotives and battleship, says one collector who laments the loss of “workmanship” that used to go into them. “Stamps are much more attractive than they used to be,” said Hugh Anderson, […] …
Read More »Royal Oak’s downtown moving in different ways for different people (Southfield Eccentric)
Longtime Royal Oak landlord and real estate broker Bob Sheldon doesn’t see the national retail and restaurant chains that have cropped up as anything significant. More: continued here
Read More »Middle aged men spend up big online – Melbourne Herald Sun
Middle aged men spend up big onlineMelbourne Herald Sun, Australia –6 hours agoThe survey, commissioned by auction website eBay, has found women to be the thriftiest online buyers, spending an average of $820 a purchase. …Middle-aged men the big online spendersNEWS.com.auall 29 news articles More: continued here
Read More »Pomme Continues Golden Run (Sporting Life via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Pomme Tiepy was handed a quote of 10-1 for the Royal & SunAlliance Chase by VC Bet and Cashmans after extending her unbeaten run to four at Navan on Sunday. More: continued here
Read More »Election 2008: Thorp, Billy differ in vision for sheriff’s office (CentralOhio.com)
NEWARK — Although Licking County has only one sheriff, in a sense two men are seeking reelection to the post. Gerry Billy was the sheriff for 24 years, but he retired four years ago. The man he endorsed, current Sheriff Randy Thorp, won the office. Both have “re-elect” on their …
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