WOAI Food stamp benefits cut off for thousandsWOAIIt says if you're healthy and don't have any kids, you need to work or you don't get food stamps. Six years ago when the recession hit, Maine and dozens of other states asked for an exemption to that rule because the economy …
Read More »FedEx teams up with Stop Hunger Now to package meals for hungry children
Millions of Americans spent MLK Day doing good all in the name and spirit of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. More: continued here
Read More »Earnings Preview: Netflix Inc (NFLX), eBay Inc (EBAY), Starbucks Corporation (SBUX), McDonald's Corporation (MCD)
Earnings season gets into full swing this week, as movie streaming service Netflix Inc. and information technology giant International Business Machines Corp. report financial results Tuesday, followed by e-commerce company eBay Inc. on Wednesday. Coffee chain Starbucks Corporation and telecommunications juggernaut Verizon Communications Inc. post earnings on Thursday. On Friday, …
Read More »‘Deadheads’ fill Chicago post offices for first-day ticket orders – Chicago Tribune
'Deadheads' fill Chicago post offices for first-day ticket ordersChicago TribuneChicago area "Deadheads" hoping to secure a spot at three summer Grateful Dead shows at Soldier Field filled post offices Tuesday morning to get a leg up. While tickets for the July 3-5 shows won't be available for pre-sale online until …
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Read More »St George submits plans for 380-home redevelopment within Kingston's Eden Quarter
Developer St George has submitted plans to the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames for the comprehensive redevelopment of a site surrounding and including the Old Post Office and Telephone Exchange buildings in Kingston-upon-Thames town centre. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Schedules Groundbreaking for Southwest Little Rock Site
FedEx has scheduled a groundbreaking for its new Ground distribution facility in southwest Little Rock. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Earnings Preview: Marketplaces Segment Could Continue To Drag Earnings
Though we expect its payments division PayPal to report strong growth, its marketplaces segment is likely to show sub-par growth. This, in all likelihood, could be due to the continued impact of the security breach and changes in the Google SEO (i.e., Search Engine Optimization) algorithm that hit eBay earlier …
Read More »Will eBay (EBAY) Disappoint Earnings Estimates in Q4? – Zacks.com
Will eBay (EBAY) Disappoint Earnings Estimates in Q4?Zacks.comeBay Inc. (EBAY – Analyst Report) is set to report its fourth-quarter 2014 results on Jan 21. Last quarter, the company reported a positive earnings surprise of 1.75%. It is worth noting that eBay has outperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in two of …
Read More »No Plan C: Plan B still plans downtown burgery despite deplays
The rebuilt and expanded downtown Post Office, where Plan B Burger Bar now plans to open a restaurant next spring. Photo: Andrew Brophy Plan B Burger Bar isn't moving to Plan C despite delays in its plans to open a restaurant in the former post office downtown. More: continued here
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