EBay, Sotheby's Team Up to Stream Auctions: Will Consumers Bite?Fox BusinessEBay is known as the place to score a designer bag at a lower price or to bid on concert tickets, but now art collectors can get in on the auction action. The online shopping giant is partnering with world-famous auction house Sotheby's to allow…
US House passes resolution to name Jackson post office after slain officer …The Jackson Citizen PatriotJackson Police Department Sgt. David Stadelman and others stand in silent reverence on Friday morning after a prairiefire crabapple tree was planted in honor of fallen officer James Bonneau at the Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History. Later this…
Rep. Lipinski's Bill Renaming Mount Greenwood Post Office for Fallen …Chicago TribuneToday the House of Representatives passed Congressman Dan Lipinski's (IL-3) bill, H.R. 3085, renaming Chicago's Mount Greenwood post office as the Captain Herbert Johnson Memorial Post Office Building. Captain Herbert "Herbie" Johnson died on … More: continued here
Post office prices to increaseTimes-JournalThe U.S. Postal Service is raising the rental fee for post office boxes in 1,625 areas nationwide, including Fort Payne. The increases will average about 20 percent for each box, according to govexec.com, a publication for senior executives and … More: continued here
Pilot Program to Set Up Mini Post Offices in Staples Stores to EndWall Street JournalThe office retailer began the pilot program last fall, and staffers in 82 stores in four states offer only USPS shipping services at postal service-branded counters. The chain and the postal agency said the program was an attempt to expand postal…and…
Though the battle over infrastructure spending is occupying much of Washington this week, former Vice President Dick Cheney is urging lawmakers to forget about highways – and beef up the Pentagon’s budget instead. The federal Highway Trust Fund is on the brink of going belly up unless Congress finds a last-minute solution. Yet Cheney, flanked…
A village post office is to close with services being moved to a local church three days a week. More: continued here
MyWabashValley Public hearings for Post Office Changes in two Sullivan Co. townsMyWabashValleyThe Post Office wants to hear from you about moves it's planning in a couple of Sullivan county towns. A public hearing will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Graysville Fire Department. Another will follow two hours later at 5 p.m. at…
Daily Mail Jealous Royal Mail worker who stabbed his wife 32 times for texting other men …Daily MailShe was getting text messages from men at work, we both work for Royal Mail. 'We argued and she went to the kitchen and picked up a knife and said she would kill herself, so I took it…
CNBC.com Sotheby's and eBay team up…againCNBC.comConvinced that consumers are finally ready to shop online for Picassos and choice Persian rugs in addition to car parts and Pez dispensers, Sotheby's, the blue-chip auction house, and eBay, the Internet shopping giant, plan to announce Monday that they … More: continued here