The adult-focused discussion hub was founded by a former eBay exec and Skype president, and backed by the auction site itself as well as founder Pierre Omidyar. More: continued here
Read More »Post office named after Cleveland solider (AccessNorthGA)
Cleveland – The post office building in Cleveland received a new name Sunday as the facility was named in honor of Cleveland native and American Hero Sgt. Jason Robert Harkins, who was killed in the war in Iraq in 2007. More: continued here
Read More »Home builders are failing to meet Government targets by 100,000 says Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Daily Mail: World News)
The number of new homes built this year is expected to fall short of the the Government’s target by 100,000, it emerged yesterday. More: continued here
Read More »Undeliverable mail headache – TeleText
Undeliverable mail headacheTeleText, UK –2 hours agoThe number of badly addressed letters and packets handled by the Royal Mail is set to reach 25 million since the start of the year, figures show. … More: continued here
Read More »Mailing Our Way to Solvency – New York Times
Telegraph.co.uk Mailing Our Way to SolvencyNew York Times, United States –4 hours agoThe Post Office offered small savings accounts to individual Americans. The system boomed during the Depression and World War II, with a balance of more …Post Office'shamrock' guarantee sounds too good to be trueTelegraph.co.ukYour Money: CREDIT CRUNCH LATESTistockAnalyst.com (press release)The …
Read More »More Seniors Rely On Food Stamps (WCSH 6 Portland)
BOSTON (AP) — The state’s fiscal tough times are sending more seniors to seek out food stamps to help ward off hunger pangs. Since February, 2007, the number of seniors using food stamps has jumped 39 percent to more than 69,000. More: continued here
Read More »Sheriff sets up sub-post in Royal Lakes (The Telegraph)
ROYAL LAKES – Macoupin County Sheriff Don Albrecht said his department has established a sub-post at the Royal Lakes Village Hall. “It has long been a goal of this office to have a facility in the southern portion of the county,” Albrecht said in a news release. More: continued here
Read More »Collective instinct – Financial Times
Collective instinctFinancial Times, UK –3 hours agoGarfield's specialism is British postage stamps with printing imperfections or "errors" as philatelists call them. At times the book reads like a Stanley … More: continued here
Read More »eBay makes bid to oppose limits on online sales – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
eBay makes bid to oppose limits on online salesThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com, NJ –5 minutes agoBY J. SCOTT ORR Internet auction colossus eBay is trying to pull back the covers on a bid by major retailers to convince Congress that new restrictions … More: continued here
Read More »MPs join engineering workers’ demo (Channel 4)
MPs are expected to join a protest outside Parliament by engineering workers who maintain Royal Mail sites across the country. More than 800 members of the Communication Workers Union will stage a one-day strike in protest at planned changes to shift and attendance patterns. More: continued here
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