Royal Mail's 2012 gold postboxes lead Tim Cowen joins British GasPRWeek UKBritish Gas has appointed Tim Cowen, who worked on Royal Mail's celebrated London 2012 gold postboxes campaign, as head of media relations. News · Tweet. Tim Cowen: "Time for a new challenge". Cowen takes on the role after three …

Royal Mail gets stamp of approval in Nifty Thrifty portfolioInteractive InvestorOn the fourth anniversary of the first Nifty Thrifty selection the portfolio is up 59%, but performance has been flat since the last update three months ago. A benchmark investment in an index-tracking fund has made up some ground, rising …

Hinckley post office to offer hot rodsDekalb Daily ChronicleThe event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Hinckley post office, 557 E. Lincoln Ave., Hinckley. Hinckley Postmaster David Carvelli will host the issue of the hot rod stamp. The stamps feature two 1932 Ford Deuce cars. …

PGA has suspended play at the FedEx St. Jude Classic due to the storms moving through Memphis. More: continued here

"Haruhi Suzumiya" Stamps Available on Mobile Messaging App, LineCrunchyroll NewsKADOKAWA's brand company Kadokawa Shoten has started offering 40 Haruhi Suzumiya-themed stamps on the smartphone communication app Line via its Stamp Shop since yesterday June 5. The set features the familiar characters of the series including … More: continued here

Thomas Sowell: Post Office needs competitionKankakee Daily JournalAt one time, people in India had to get on a waiting list to buy Hindustan Motors' Ambassador automobile, even though it was an obvious copy of Britain's Morris Oxford of some decades earlier. The reason was simple: the Indian government would not …

Banning soda and other sugary drinks from food stamps would lead to significant drops in obesity and diabetes rates among the poor, according to a new study. More: continued here

Vandiver residents concerned for future of post officeShelby County ReporterNORTH SHELBY —About 50 people attended a town hall meeting about the future of the Vandiver Post Office at the Vandiver-Sterrett Senior Center June 5. Willie Trawick, manager of post office operations in the Alabama District, said Vandiver residents … More: continued …

Switching food stamp subsidies from sweetened drinks to fruits, vegetables can …WRTV IndianapolisProhibiting the use of federal food stamps to purchase sugar-sweetened beverages and subsidizing the purchase of fruits and vegetables with the coupons would improve nutrition, foster weight loss and drive down rates of Type 2 diabetes among the …and …

eBay Pushes Back on Etsy Hack ClaimsEcommerceBytesAfter Etsy implied that the criminals who had hacked eBay's database were behind a recent increase in spam being sent through its messaging system, eBay pushed back. In an obvious reference to the eBay security hack, Etsy issued a warning to users that …and more » …