Village shop to close after losing post office outletMarket Rasen Today, UK –16 hours agoFALDINGWORTH'S Post office closes today Wednesday, February 20 and the shop itself will close permanently on Saturday. The village will still have Post… More: continued here
CBC Montreal Armour signs with StampsEdmonton Sun, Canada –Feb 19, 2008By CP Armour backed out of his verbal agreement with the Alouettes and opted to sign with the Calgary Stampeders yesterday. Armour spent last season with …Armour's instincts lead him westwardCalgary HeraldArmour is latest player to spurn AlsMontreal GazetteHunt expected to sign with AlsMontreal GazetteCBC Montrealall…
A Pittsburgh-area man says he can now retire because someone bought his massive record collection on eBay for the asking price – $3 million. More: continued here
Royal Bank of Canada has agreed to buy Vancouver-based pension manager Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. for about $1.4-billion in stock. More: continued here
Local sellers upset over new eBay feedback policyNewsday, NY –3 hours agoTalk isn't cheap on eBay. So the online auction company is tampering with tradition to rein in sellers who post negative comments about buyers. …eBay's unhappy sellers fight backSanta Rosa Press DemocratSellers boycott eBay over fees, feedbackSan Francisco ChronicleEBay boycott begins, to uncertain effectCNNMoney.comCNET News.com – WebProNewsall…
Anger over £4.5m Royal Mail bonusesTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –2 minutes agoBy Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent Royal Mail bosses received more than £4.5 million in bonuses last year – enough to prevent the closure of dozens of … More: continued here
What if postage stamps don't last 'forever'?Bloomington Pantagraph, USA –2 minutes agoJust wondering about the “Forever'' stamp, does that mean that when you run out you can go to the post office and ask for a refund? … More: continued here
A Eugene, Ore., radio DJ is helping sell a pretzel on eBay that allegedly resembles the Virgin Mary — and bidding on the item has approached $100 million.As of 6:43 p.m. PST Thursday, the top bid for the pretzel was $99,000,100.Tanner Haney, a DJ who hosts the Donkey Show on rock station KVAL, is helping…
IT WAS one of the earliest buildings of Kurrajong Heights but now the ‘old post office building’, as it is known to locals, is in disrepair. Barry Lester is a member of the Kurrajong Heights Action Group, and, like many other residents, is sorry to see it wasting away. More: continued here
My Top Five eBay Tips!PC World –6 hours agoI'm not going to say I'm an eBay expert. Yes, I have lost auctions before. But every time I lost, I learned something new, and now I always watch for … More: continued here