Royal Mail unveils commemorative First World War stampsHerald ScotlandThe Royal Mail had its own regiment, the Post Office Rifles, which was formed in the 1860s to protect its buildings from attack, with 1,800 killed and 4,500 injured during the war. About 75,000 postal workers fought in the war, and there is a cemetery … More:…
Royal Mail coordinates of every address in the land are 'national asset' MPs have accused the government of short-sightedness, after it agreed to offload the Postcode Address File (PAF) as part of the sale of Royal Mail. The PAF contains location data for tens of millions of postal addresses across the nation.… More: continued here
Google-eBay Merger Gets Wall Street MomentumNBC Bay Area (blog)LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 01: A general view of as sign in the new Ebay store on December 1, 2011 in central London, England. Ebay have launched the first ever quick response code shopping emporium allowing customers to browse in store and … More: continued here
Photos of the mothballed railway at Mount Pleasant. More: continued here
Mirror.co.uk Broken car pictured submerged in Somerset floods now selling for hundreds of …Mirror.co.ukThis car was almost completely submerged in the Somerset floods and now it doesn't work – but that hasn't stopped it for selling for hundreds of pounds on eBay. Hubert Zajaczkowski's silver Seat Toledo became an iconic image for the flooding after…
Letter: Entry and exit only through Post Office a bad ideaAuburn CitizenI am confused. I read and re-read your Wednesday, Feb. 19 article on page A6 titled, "Mayor, supervisor discuss relocation proposal, beautification work," regarding the village landscaping and upgrading of the current location's "campus." It has to be … More: continued here
CITIZEN COLUMNIST: Addressing the post office's woesSCNow… you pay the most. This will transition the mail trucks to more of the long-distance deliveries from one post office location to the others and less of the high-maintenance stop-and go-deliveries around town, especially to places that don't receive … More: continued here
Brian Sozzi appreciates FedEx's (NYSE: FDX ) efforts to go green and save the planet, but does that mean the company should blame mother nature for a downbeat third quarter? "FedEx has over 360 all … More: continued here
FedEx Corp. today reported earnings of $1.23 per diluted share for the third quarter ended February 28, compared to $1.13 per share last year. Unusually severe winter storms throughout the quarter disrupted operations, decreasing shipping volume and increasing costs, and impacted year-over-year operating income by an estimated $125 million. More: continued here
eBay Inc (EBAY) news: eBay's Paypal Has The Potential To Topple The BitcoinSeeking AlphaRobert Wagner, who bills himself as an independent analyst, noted in a report on the Seeking Alpha website last week titled "PayPal Could Be EBay's Alibaba" the similarity to how Yahoo's value is underpinned by its 24% holding in China e-commerce …and…