Ebay bans people from trying to sell Tower of London poppiesDaily MailAuction website eBay is on alert to stop people making a profit by re-selling poppies from the Tower of London installation. The ceramic poppies created for the 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' art project have been so …
Read More »Leaked Luxembourg files expose global companies' secret deals to avoid tax
Pepsi, Ikea, FedEx and nearly 340 other international companies have secured secret deals from Luxembourg, allowing many of them to slash their global tax bills by routing hundreds of billions of dollars through the tiny European country, leaked documents show. The companies can book big tax savings by creating complicated …
Read More »eBay buyer orders item from Japan – receives creepy letter – Metro
Metro eBay buyer orders item from Japan – receives creepy letterMetroMaybe it's the norm in Japan, but it comes across a tad creepy over in Blighty. A man who ordered an eBay item from Japan appeared to have bought a friend as well. Enclosed in the package was a letter …
Read More »Ebay bans people from trying to sell Tower of London poppies
eBay is trying to stop people profiting from the Tower of London's poppy installation which raises money for armed forces charities. One seller listed a poppy for more than double the original price. More: continued here
Read More »New Mexico to renew work plan for food stamps
Gov. Susana Martinez's administration announced Wednesday that it will redo a plan for imposing work requirements on low-income New Mexicans to qualify for food stamps. Human Services spokesman Matt Kennicott … More: continued here
Read More »Magazine publishers struck by Post Office strike – The Media Online
Magazine publishers struck by Post Office strikeThe Media OnlineThe South African Post Office strike, now in its third month, has hit publishers hard as subscribers' magazines languish in a growing mountain of undelivered mail. Now business-to-business publishers are preparing to fight back on a number of fronts. More: continued here
Read More »The Reclusive Billionaire Behind eBay Has Lived For Years In Second Life As A … – Business Insider
Business Insider The Reclusive Billionaire Behind eBay Has Lived For Years In Second Life As A …Business InsiderNew York Magazine recently ran a long, fascinating profile of billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. He's the man behind the internet's most popular auction site, and also First Look Media, the new publishing …
Read More »Governor to restart plan for food stamp work requirements – Albuquerque Journal
Governor to restart plan for food stamp work requirementsAlbuquerque JournalALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez's administration announced Wednesday that it will redo a plan for imposing work requirements on low-income New Mexicans to qualify for food stamps. Human Services spokesman Matt Kennicott said the state … More: continued here
Read More »BIR extends deadline for use of tax stamps on cigarettes
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has extended anew the deadline for local cigarette manufacturers to affix tax stamps on their products. In signing Revenue Regulations No. 9-2014, BIR Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares said “all locally manufactured packs of cigarettes shall be affixed with the internal revenue stamps not later …
Read More »What’s up with the Lower Queen Anne Post Office? – Queen Anne View
What's up with the Lower Queen Anne Post Office?Queen Anne ViewWe've had several readers write in and report that the Lower Queen Anne Post Office location is closed or boarded up. The USPS site still shows it as open and you can even rent a PO box via the site. …
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