PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — As Sergio Garcia prepared to start the final round of the Players Championship at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, dressed head-to-toe in black, his fan club stood at the ready, as they have every day this week. More: continued here
Read More »First-class stamps to increase by 2 cents Monday – Los Angeles Times
First-class stamps to increase by 2 cents MondayLos Angeles Times, CAThe price of a first-class stamp will increase by 2 cents on Monday, rising from 42 to 44 cents, according to officials with the US Postal Service. The increase is due to rising costs and inflation, said USPS spokesman David Partenheimer. …
Read More »Royal Mail plan ‘will go ahead’ (BBC News)
The business secretary, Lord Mandelson, says he is “not for turning” on controversial plans to part-privatise Royal Mail. More: continued here
Read More »The country needs Brown – Mandelson – guardian.co.uk
The country needs Brown – Mandelsonguardian.co.uk, UKTouching on the Royal Bank of Scotland situation, Lord Mandelson said the bank needs to put in place a long term strategy to reconfigure and focus what it is doing. He said he regrets the pay off of the bank's Deputy chief executive Gordon Pell, …
Read More »Button stamps dominance with Spain GP win – MSN India
MSN India Button stamps dominance with Spain GP winMSN India, IndiaJenson Button took his fourth win in five races in the Spanish GP followed by team-mate Rubens Barrichello in P2. Red Bull's Mark Webber was the surprise of the day, taking P3. The highlight of the race was a massive crash …
Read More »Man plows into East Anchorage post office (KTUU Anchorage)
An elderly man is recovering after police say he drove his car into an East Anchorage post office. Officers say the car barely missed people standing just feet away inside of the post office. More: continued here
Read More »PHOTO: Post office delivers with food drive (Jacksonville Journal-Courier)
Betty Hillig places oatmeal into the designated box as she and volunteers organize donated goods from the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive Saturday at the Jacksonville Post Office. The 11,320 More: continued here
Read More »Harrisburg museum delivers collection of post office art (The Tribune-Democrat)
SOMERSET — Customers visiting a post office to purchase stamps or mail a package should take a look around. There may be more there than mail slots. Three post offices in the region house top-notch artwork created during and after the Great Depression about 75 years ago. More: continued here
Read More »Dutch TNT seen targetting Royal Mail’s parcels arm (Tiscali)
LONDON (Reuters) – Dutch mail company TNT NV is demanding control of the Royal Mail’s profitable European parcels delivery arm as part of a multi-billion pound proposal made to the government, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail pensions “to cost taxpayer £12bn” (Daily Telegraph)
The Government is planning to hide the crippling cost to the taxpayer of taking on Royal Mail’s pension deficit which could be double the published £6bn figure under proposals to reshape the postal group a leading pensions expert has warned. More: continued here
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