Post Office

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – 05/24/11) – Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM – News ), the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive, today announced that Optimus, a digital imaging post-production company, is using Quantum StorNext data management software to increase efficiency and productivity between its creative and finishing teams. Optimus …

WASHINGTON – Whether postal rates should rise more than inflation is back in the hands of the independent Postal Regulatory Commission. More: continued here

Mobile Marketing Watch Post office introduces padded flat rate envelopes optionNorth Fort Myers NeighborThe US Postal Service has introduced another new product: the padded flat rate Priority envelope. The new envelope is for domestic shipping only. It is not available at Post Office locations; it is only available through USPS.com/shop …

War Hero Honored at Post Office DedicationPatch.comThe usually quiet Centreville Sully Station Post Office saw unusual fanfare on the afternoon of Saturday, May 21. Family, friends, comrades and elected officials gathered as the postal facility was named … More: continued here

Efforts to raise money to restore a historic mural that once hung in a former Park Ridge Post Office building have garnered recognition from the Park Ridge City Council. Mayor David Schmidt on May 16 read a proclamation honoring the work of Park Ridge Public Library trustees Anthony Borrelli, Patricia …

Crews busted holes in concrete slabs and sifted through strewn home goods Tuesday as rescuers focused on crumpled big-box stores and apartment complexes in Joplin in a frantic search for survivors, after nearly 120 people were killed by the deadliest single U.S. tornado in about 60 years. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service is considering closing several rural post offices in the area — and many residents are not happy about it.   More: continued here

The longtime face of the Bogalusa Post Office has left the building. More: continued here

The food drive was down from 81,000 pounds in 2010 and 65,000 pounds in 2009, letter carrier and organizer TiAnna Nordlund said. More: continued here

 MANILA, Philippines — When Nicolas Sarkozy assumed office as the 8th president of the 5th French Republic, he emasculated the socialist opposition by stealing their stars… placing the Medecins Sans Frontieres poster boy Bernard Kouchner at Quai d’Orsay (until 14 Nov. 2010), and sending Dominique Strauss-Kahn to the IMF.   …