Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Post Office wastes $1.2 million on useless 'Simpsons' stampsGlobalPost (blog)The US Post Office bet that commemorative stamps featuring characters from The Simpsons would sell big. They spent $1.2 million to print 1 billion of the 44 cent stamps. The only problem? Only 318 million sold leaving …

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AboutMyArea Gold Medal Stamps and Post Boxes for ParalympicsGB WinnersAboutMyAreaFollowing the success of TeamGB at the London 2012 Olympics and in response to public demand, Royal Mail is gearing up to continue to paint the UK gold with gold post boxes and individual Gold Medal stamps for the London 2012 …

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The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Simpsons stamps wasted $1.2 million for Postal Service, report saysWashington PostSomeone at the U.S. Postal Service guessed that commemorative stamps featuring TV cartoon character Homer Simpson would be twice as popular as those of Elvis Presley. In a move that wasted $1.2 million in printing costs, …

Information Age Post Office seeks 'tower' services providers to transform ITInformation Age"Over the next three years, Post Office Ltd will be undertaking a significant level of change to deliver its 2012-15 strategic priorities," it said. "[It] has undertaken a review of the existing supply chain and has chosen a strategic …

Inquirer Alleged iPhone Prototype Seen on eBayNBC San Diego (blog)It's almost identical in pictures on eBay, but a "Prototype" iPhone 4 is a "But It Now" bargain of $10000. The bidding has reached $4500 for a "***RARE*** Apple iPhone 4 32 GB N90AP PROTOTYPE UNRELEASED SWITCHBOARD TESTER UNIT." Found first …

The Star-Ledger – NJ.com D'oh! US Postal Service stuck with 682 million Simpsons stampsThe Star-Ledger – NJ.comThe money-losing U.S. Postal Service guessed that TV cartoon character Homer Simpson and his family were twice as popular as Elvis Presley when it came to sales of commemorative stamps. As Homer would say, …

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