Over Rs 750 cr lying in inactive post office saving A/Cs: GovernmentEconomic TimesNew Delhi: The government today said around Rs 752 crore is lying as unclaimed deposits in more than 2.49 crore inactive savings accounts in post offices. "Rs 752,44,57414.03 is the amount lying in all inactive (silent) accounts as on March 31, 2011 in…
Royal Mail extends neighbour delivery serviceWhich?The 'Delivery to Neighbour' initiative will mean that objects can be left at a nearby address rather than a Royal Mail sorting office, although you will be able to opt out if you don't want to be included. Royal Mail said that a recent three-month … More: continued here
We don’t know whether to say “d’oh” or “ay carumba!” The U.S. Postal Service — yes, the same folks who could lose $15 billion with a B this year — managed to waste money faster than the free doughnuts at the Springfield nuclear power plant when it came to Simpsons stamps. The Postal Service thought…
The shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY – 47.13) have muscled into territory not explored since early 2005, and it appears some options traders are gambling on even more gains for the Internet auctioneer…( Read More ) More: continued here
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 a glut of essentially useless…
Online payments provider PayPal will gain access to millions of physical stores in the United States under an agreement with Discover Financial Services. More: continued here
Online auctioneer eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) will team with Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) to offer PayPal electronic payments in as many as seven million U.S. outlets next year, the companies announced. The move is intended to spur e-payments among users of smartphones. More: continued here
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 Paralympic Games.Preview: Paralympic Games StampsTameBayall…
MARKET PULSE-Dell, Toll Brothers, Zynga, Career Education, eBayReutersEBAY INC, $47.54, up 4 pct (0943 ET). ** Discover Financial Services, $38.68, up 5 pct. eBay's online payments provider PayPal will gain access to millions of physical stores in the United States under an agreement with Discover Financial Services.and more » More: continued here
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, the Postal Service produced 1…