How has the number of Alabamians receiving food stamps changed since 2010?AL.comAn analysis by Government Executive's Route 50 showed the number of Alabamians receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program , or SNAP , or more commonly, food stamps, grew by 12 percent from 2010 to 2014. Alabama's … More: continued here
eBay Frames Sales-Tax Bills as Big-Box vs Small RetailersEcommerceByteseBay released a new document as part of its lobbying efforts to fight the online sales-tax bills legislators are trying to pass. eBay Government Relations tweeted on Wednesday, "MFA & RTPA tax bills are bad for small business. Download our paper … More: continued here
Pension fund for Royal Mail grows assets by £2.1bn as yields plummetIPE.comThe Royal Mail Pension Plan (RMPP) saw its assets grow by nearly 70% as falling UK Gilt yields added nearly £2.1bn (€2.8bn) in assets. The pension fund for staff of the newly privatised UK postal service saw assets increase to £6.5bn from £3.9bn over…
CNN 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' stamps show us what the holidays are all aboutMashableThe colorful, and instantly classic, stamp collection commemorates the special's 50th anniversary and the 65th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip (which is on Oct. 2). Each stamp will feature an iconic image from the show, including Charlie Brown …Holiday cheer: 'A…
Avoiding defects: refund via eBay not PayPalTameBayThis comes by way of a reminder because a seller contacted Tamebay this week to say that she was having trouble with eBay Defects. Nothing unusual there, we get a lot of enquiries from readers about eBay's Defect system because it isn't very well … More: continued here
The Peril Of Holding Onto ARM Holdings Plc, Royal Mail plc & Antofagasta plcYahoo Finance UKSøren Kierkegaard once said that to dare is to lose one's footing momentarily, but to not dare is to lose oneself. With that in mind, considering that the FTSE 100 is badly hurt, and that the rainy days might be…
Atlanta Business Chronicle UPS invests in tech startup headed by former eBay executiveAtlanta Business ChronicleUnited Parcel Service Inc.(NYSE: UPS) has purchased a minority stake in a direct-to-consumer online sales site operated a by former eBay Inc. (Nadsaq: EBAY) executive. Direct-to-consumer sites allow consumers to purchase directly from a manufacturer …and more » More: continued here
Belfast Telegraph Royal Mail taking on 19000 staff to handle Christmas postbagsBelfast TelegraphRoyal Mail will recruit around 14,000 workers across England, 1,340 in Scotland, 560 in Wales and 550 in Northern Ireland. Royal Mail Group's express parcels business, Parcelforce Worldwide, is also recruiting around 2,600 people, including drivers.Royal Mail Group to recruit 1600 people in…
Scottish Daily Record Patients slam Royal Mail van 'takeover' at car park next to East Kilbride …Scottish Daily RecordPatients at Hunter Health Centre have been left scrambling for parking spaces in the adjacent Civic Centre car park following a “takeover” of bays by Royal Mail. The company has purchased 22 parking permits from South Lanarkshire…
Alaska Dispatch News St. Paul post office shut for a week with postmaster strandedAlaska Dispatch NewsThe post office on St. Paul Island was shut down for the past week when the postmaster found herself stranded on a neighboring island and the already limited flight service to the Bering Sea town was stalled due to weather…