China Daily British postal operator comes callingChina DailyBritain's state-owned postal operator Royal Mail Group Ltd has joined hands with the Chinese company ZJS Express Co Ltd to start a business-to-business parcel delivery service from China to Europe. The deal marks Royal Mail's formal entry into China's … More: continued here
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PerezHilton.com Ay, Carumba! Simpsons Stamps Cost USPS $1.2 MillionPerezHilton.com"We found the Postal Service overproduced 2 billion commemorative and special issue stamps during calendar years 2009 and 2010, resulting in…unnecessary manufacturing costs for stamps that were later destroyed." Listen, we love the Simpsons as much … More: continued here
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Online Buoys Global Growth by Paring Distance: Cutting ResearchBloombergFour economists used data from San Jose, California-based retailer EBay Inc. (EBAY) to “breathe new life into the 'death of distance' hypothesis,” which maintains advances in transportation and communication should make international trade cheaper and …and more » More: continued here
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ABC Local Papers and Post Offices– Why interning is more than just tedious workABC LocalOK – I did have to sort a mountain of old newspapers, and walk to the post office on the one, rare day of winter where it's a high twenty-something and blowing a dusty gale. But …
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New York Daily News No postal love for Bart Simpson? Duuuude. Production on Simpsons …New York Daily News“If the Postal Service can't address a simple matter such as determining how many commemorative stamps to produce, it shows they can't address the larger problems,” Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government …
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Heidi Jo Jordan, who embezzled more than $10,000 from the Zanesville post office, is sentenced to three years of probation in federal court. The judge decided on probation after learning that Jordan, 38, already had repaid $5,000 of the $11,560 she stole and that the first-time offender was seeing a …
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CHURCH HILL — There were no injuries reported after an 85-year-old Church Hill woman crashed through the front glass window of the Church Hill Post Office on Main Boulevard Wednesday morning. More: continued here
Read More »(Not) going postal: Postal workers face an uncertain future in the digital age – 89.3 KPCC
89.3 KPCC (Not) going postal: Postal workers face an uncertain future in the digital age89.3 KPCCThe post office used to be a great place to work: high pay, full benefits and — most importantly — job security. But that was before a cascade of announcements that the U.S. Postal Service …
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24 Hours Vancouver Ultimate Stamp honoured with … StampLondon Free PressCALGARY – Wayne (Thumper) Harris was the ultimate Stamp, so it's a natural he's on the franchise's stamp. But the Harris family never expected such an honour to be bestowed on the patriarch. When Harris was a ferocious hitter at …
Read More »Photos: Venice Post Office Surrenders to Renovations Under New Hollywood … – LAist
Photos: Venice Post Office Surrenders to Renovations Under New Hollywood …LAistThe deafening sounds of excavation and construction—beeping, banging and jack hammering—fill the salty sea air of Venice's Windward Circle; construction on the Venice Post Office is underway. Hollywood producer Joel Silver showed enthusiastic … More: continued here
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