Post Office

Two Office REITs Post Higher EarningsWall Street JournalBy AD PRUITT Boston Properties Inc. and SL Green Realty Corp. reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings, a sign that the nation's largest office landlords have been able to boost revenue despite tepid job growth. Boston Properties, which owns …and more » More: continued here

BLAND – Residents celebrated Tuesday after hearing their local post office will stay open. The post office lease ended but a last minute agreement changed everything. More: continued here

On Tuesday, the Bland Post Office found out they were spared from closure with a new lease agreement. More: continued here

A pair of men who said they were with the Larouche PAC spent a few hours in East Providence last Thursday afternoon, Jan. 26, handing out pamphlets and displaying signs outside the Post Office on Grove Avenue, across from city hall. More: continued here

Bland Post Office saved from closureKRCGOfficials with the US Postal Service said Tuesday a new lease agreement was signed for five years for the office's current building. Some equipment was moved out of the building on Tuesday, but it will all be returned and business is back to normal. More: …

No decisions made on fate of area post officesStuttgart Daily LeaderBy Sarah Morris The US Postal Service has yet to make a decision concerning the possible closures of seven area post offices. Leisa Tolliver-Gay, the USPS spokeswoman in Little Rock, said “we currently are under a moratorium until May 15. …

Subir Roy: Creating a post office bankBusiness StandardThe post office savings bank has huge deposits (totalling Rs 3.7 lakh crore at end-2009-10, nearly half of banking leader SBI's) but also makes huge losses (net deficit 94 per cent of revenue in an exceptional pay commission award-burdened year, …and more » More: …

La Grange Park Residents Ask Lipinski's Help in Saving Post OfficePatch.comOn Monday night, La Grange Park residents gathered at Village Hall to record a video message to help save their post office and spoke with Rep. Dan Lipinski. By Matthew Hendrickson "I will take all of these concerns," Lipinski said, …

Post office savingsThe HinduThe postal authorities introduced the “Senior Citizens Scheme” and paid an interest of 9 per cent on their deposits when nationalised banks were paying only 7 or 7.5 per cent interest. But the post offices paid the interest only on money deposited for … More: continued here

About two dozen LaGrange Park residents voiced opposition to the proposed closing of the U.S. Postal Service branch office in town during a forum Jan. 30 at the Village Hall. U.S. Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-3rd, from Western Springs stopped by to listen to constituents and pledged his assistance in efforts …