Potosi Post Office raises money to fight breast cancerDaily Journal OnlineEmployees at the Potosi Post Office are showing their gratitude and thanking the community for their support of the post office's participation during October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Post Office raised $1,110.34 for the month of October. More: continued …
Read More »Mesa paramedic accused of selling stolen Rolex on eBay – azcentral.com
Fox News Mesa paramedic accused of selling stolen Rolex on eBayazcentral.comA local paramedic is accused of stealing a patient's $10,000 Rolex watch and later selling it on eBay, according to court documents. Jason Edward Alexander, 32, was one of two Rural/Metro paramedics that transported a man wearing the 1969 Rolex …Paramedic …
Read More »‘Bad Santa’ robs Australian post office, flees with sack of cash – Mashable
Daily Mail 'Bad Santa' robs Australian post office, flees with sack of cashMashable'Tis the season to be thieving in Australia, where a man donned a Santa suit to steal cash from a Melbourne post office Saturday. The disguise has flummoxed police and made headlines in local media. "This beard-wearing bandit …
Read More »EBay Announces Plans to Split Off PayPal in 2015
EBay Inc. announced Tuesday it was going to spin off its PayPal payments business to create two independent publicly traded companies in 2015, according to the company's press release. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail set to post fall in interim profit – Scotsman
Scotsman Royal Mail set to post fall in interim profitScotsmanUK regulator Ofgem is probing a complaint by TNT's British business against Royal Mail's wholesale mail price hikes. It is also poised to pay a fine of about £12m after it reached a settlement with French competition authorities investigating its loss …
Read More »An analyst with a rare stamp of authority – at least on Royal Mail – The Guardian
The Guardian An analyst with a rare stamp of authority – at least on Royal MailThe GuardianSo, as we await the Royal Mail's results this week, what's his current view? There's been bad news (deterioration in the parcels market and a more competitive sector) but on the plus side Royal …
Read More »Bad Santa visits an Australian Post Office and fills sack with money
The red-suited thief walked into the Post Office in the Melbourne suburb of Oak Park greeting everyone with a cheery wave, but there were no 'Ho Ho Hos'. More: continued here
Read More »Post office closings call for national day of action – Twin Cities Daily Planet (blog)
Twin Cities Daily Planet (blog) Post office closings call for national day of actionTwin Cities Daily Planet (blog)For eons we have heard murmurs, then shouts, of post offices closings. No problem, we thought, as we skimmed lists of closings in towns we couldn't find on a map. Not our problem …
Read More »Slate’s Crazy Calculation On WalMart, Food Stamps And A Living Wage – Forbes
Slate's Crazy Calculation On WalMart, Food Stamps And A Living WageForbesSo, the numbers they use are that WalMart workers, they think, get around $300 million in food stamps (SNAP) each year. To push everyones' wages over the level where they are eligible would cost WalMart $4.8 billion dollars (and I …
Read More »Post Office prepares to unveil its first Christmas advert for years – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Post Office prepares to unveil its first Christmas advert for yearsTelegraph.co.ukConsumers are really engaged and it's one of the few times of year that adverts are a talking point,” said Peter Markey, chief marketing officer at the Post Office. The number of post offices has halved since the 1960s …
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