Feb 07
Experience a favorite end-of-the-month event from 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 28 in galleries, antique stores and shops along San Marco Avenue, between Ripley’s Believe it or not! Museum and the Mission of Nombre de Dios. Refreshments contribute to the party-like atmosphere. Free parking is available streetside and in the Mission parking lot. The free …
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Jan 19
(Reuters) – Federated Investors inc objected to hundreds of executive pay packages in last year’s corporate proxy voting, a rarity in the don’t-rock-the-boat mutual funds industry. A review shows ambiguities in Federated’s record as a shareholder activist, however. For one thing, at the same time Federated mutual funds rejected pay plans at the likes of …
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Jan 16
The price of a postal stamp to mail a first-class letter will increase a penny to 45 cents Sunday, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Churchtown-area resident Jim Higgins, who was mailing out a couple of bill payments at the Marietta Post Office Sunday afternoon, said that’s no problem for him. “A penny increase won’t …
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Jan 14
Canadian designer Louis Fishauf shows a poster of his new creation – stamps featuring the upcoming Chinese lunar new year, the Year of the Dragon, in Toronto, Canada, Jan. 10, 2012. Canada Post issued the stamp to celebrate Chinese Lunar new Year, which falls on Jan. 23, 2012. [Photo: Xinhua] Canada Post issued on Tuesday …
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Dec 22
When I slipped into them for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised at the comfort and fit of the new women’s RD Tactical Utility Pant by Magnum Essential Equipment. on earlier trips to Iraq and Afghanistan, I had settled for mens tactical pants that worked fairly well, but were always a little high-waisted, outdated …
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Dec 10
Portable TV sets have been around since the ’80s, when the Sony Watchman ruled the roost. Back then, its black-and-white screen the size of a postage stamp would have set you back $1,600 in today’s money. the Watchman finally bowed out in 2000, and now that you can watch TV on your phone ortablet, the …
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Nov 13
Nov. 10, 2011 |(0) Comments The 40th annual Trainfest at State fair Park this weekend will feature more than 60 model train layouts and more than 100 vendors in what organizers say is the country’s largest operating model railroad show. The festival will have a variety of layouts and train sizes, from miniature Z-scale to …
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Nov 11
November 07, 2011, 3:05 AM EST by Jonathan Weil Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — Five times since 2003 the Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Citigroup Inc.’s main broker-dealer subsidiary of securities fraud. on each occasion the company’s SEC settlements have followed a familiar pattern. Citigroup neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s claims. and the company …
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Nov 06
As the Royal Mail increased its prices yet again earlier this year, it’s time for SMEs to take steps that make posting more effective. The Royal Mail handles 62 million items every day; 88% of these items are sent by UK businesses. Earlier this year, the price of stamps in the UK was increased again …
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