Post office closings delayed as Congress ponders ways to cut USPS deficitImperial RepublicanBy Carolyn Lee The US Postal Service has committed to Congress that there will be no post office closings prior to May 15, the original deadline to decide which post offices are to close. Enders and Champion Post …
Read More »Collector transforms garden hideaway into a 1950s post office
Steve Knight's passion grew exponentially after he started collecting stamps as a youngster to the point where he now has 115 letter boxes scattered around his garden in Halstead, Essex. More: continued here
Read More »Bill slows post office cuts – Thu, 26 Apr 2012 PST
WASHINGTON – The Senate offered a lifeline to the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday, voting to give the struggling agency an $11 billion cash infusion while delaying controversial … More: continued here
Read More »Seven arraigned in $5 million federal food stamp fraud fraud scheme – Savannah Morning News
Seven arraigned in $5 million federal food stamp fraud fraud schemeSavannah Morning NewsBy Jan Skutch A Savannah woman and six Atlanta-area residents today were arraigned in federal court on charges stemming from a scheme to steal more than $5 million in food stamps and nutrition-assistance benefits. Litricia Allen, 37, of …
Read More »The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Amazon.com, eBay, Apple, Barnes & Noble and … – PR Newswire (press release)
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Amazon.com, eBay, Apple, Barnes & Noble and …PR Newswire (press release)Stocks recently featured in the blog include Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), Apple Inc (Nasdaq: AAPL), Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) and Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG). Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is …
Read More »First class stamps are still ‘incredible value’ despite price rise to 60p … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail First class stamps are still 'incredible value' despite price rise to 60p …Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter Stamps are 'incredible' value for money – even after next week's price rise of at least 30 per cent, Royal Mail's chief executive said today. Moya Greene defended the steep hike …
Read More »It’s a stamp-ede – This Is Hampshire
It's a stamp-edeThis Is HampshireFIRST it was the panic at the pumps – and now there seems to be a stamp-ede at the post office. People in Basingstoke are panic buying first and second class before the prices are hiked up by Royal Mail on April 30. The post office …
Read More »eBay Runs 3-Day Fixed-Price Listing Promotion
eBay is running a free listing promotion, but unlike many of its other promotions, this one applies to fixed-price, not auction listings. From April 26-28, all sellers can list up to 5,000 items in the Fixed Price format and pay zero insertion fees. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail chief executive says rivals needs tough conditions imposed
Moya Greene said unregulated competition poses a risk to the six-day-a-week universal service obligation that is a cornerstone of the Royal Mail's business Royal Mail faces a "spiral of decline" unless extra conditions are imposed on competitors seeking to muscle in on the postal delivery market, the company's chief executive …
Read More »Depth gives Stamps advantages going into CFL draft
John Hufnagel and the Calgary Stampeders have two hurdles to get over when the Canadian Football League holds its draft in seven days.First, the annual talent-grab next Thursday (1 p.m., TSN) has more variables than ever thanks to the combination of the National Football League’s growing interest in Canadian talent, …
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