Post Office

RTE.ie Armed raid at Carlow post officeRTE.ie, IrelandRaiders stole what is believed to be at least €10000 in a post office raid in Carlow town this morning. Two masked men entered Hosey's supermarket on Staplestown Road at around 11am and using a sledgehammer, smashed the glass panel at the post office…Two …

New York Times Obama Budget Sees $1.75 Trillion DeficitNew York Times, United StatesPresident Obama, with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, spoke about the budget on Thursday at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. By JACKIE CALMES and ROBERT PEAR President Obama’s budget …Obama …

Tense times ahead over post office at Labour's policy forumguardian.co.uk, UKLabour's national policy forum in Bristol at the weekend is already going to be a tense affair, what with rows looming on the sidelines over the Royal Mail, agency workers, "British jobs for British workers", equal pay etc. … More: continued …

Telegraph.co.uk CWU threatens to stop funding Labour Party over Post Office…Huddersfield Examiner, UKBranch secretary John Tracey said Labour MPS had gone “conveniently deaf” on the issue, so they could break their manifesto promise to support a “wholly publicly-owned and integrated Post Office”. He said a CWU petition calling on Prime Minister …

US Thrifts Post Record $13.4 Billion Loss in 2008BloombergThrifts lost $3 billion in the fourth quarter, down from $4.4 billion in the preceding three months, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the regulator of savings and loans, said today in a report on the industry’s health. …Thrifts lost $3B in 4Q; …

Smartmoney.com Universal Health Care? Visit the Post OfficeSmartmoney.comLocated just a few blocks from my office, the main downtown Chicago post office provides a real-world example of the dangers when the profit motive is stripped from any productive enterprise. Several months ago, the post office removed the mechanical … More: continued …

Thrifts lost $3B in 4Q; post record annual lossThe Associated PressThe Office of Thrift Supervision says net losses last year surged to $13.44 billion, from $649 million in 2007. But the fourth-quarter loss was actually better than the $4.4 billion loss in the third quarter. Thrifts last year set aside …

Post Office warns over extreme weatherOnly Finance, UKThe Post Office has joined the growing list of insurance experts warning drivers and homeowners about the risk of severe weather conditions on their possessions. According to the insurance provider, February recorded the worst snowfall in 18 years in … More: continued here

Market Report — In Play (COGT)MSN MoneyLast week and following the completion of tenders evaluation, the UK Post Office, Post Office Limited, notified COGT of its decision to appoint COGT as its preferred bidder for the contract to provide integrated biometric data collection services to … More: continued here

Refurbished post office set for grand openingThe Asian News, UKTHE new Rochdale Post Office is set to reopen early next month after an extensive refurbishment. Jay Patel, who also runs Buersil Post Office, bought the building in Oldham Road last month after his business was earmarked for closure. … More: continued …