Post Office

TAIPEI, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The Taiwan post office, Chunghwa Post, will distribute offshore funds starting this year, adding a new major player to a lucrative but highly competitive market, Taiwan’s transport ministry said on Tuesday. More: continued here

The post office network will be modernised and given facelift with the introduction of electronic technology, Posts and Telecommunication Minister Mahinda Wijesekera said yesterday. More: continued here

CHITA, January 13 (RIA Novosti) – Robbers made off with 3.1 million rubles ($100,000) from a post office in southeast Siberia’s Zabaikalsky Territory, a local police spokesman said on Tuesday. More: continued here

Police arrest eight people in connection with the murder of a man during an armed raid at a post office in Worcestershire. More: continued here

An Edinburgh post office under threat from being axed has been saved following a campaign by residents. More: continued here

TAIPEI, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The Taiwan post office, Chunghwa Post, will distribute offshore funds starting this year, adding a new major player to a lucrative but highly competitive market, Taiwan’s transport ministry said on Tuesday. Taiwan’s offshore fund market is crowded with both domestic and international fund managers including …

Ashford post office closes after 78 yearsStaines News, UK –2 hours agoWoodthorpe Road Post Office in Ashford has served its last customer and closed after 78 years. Regulars were close to tears as the counter closed for the …Post Office staff in wages battleSalisbury JournalThe perils of outsourcing? Post Office franchise owners …

Telegraph.co.uk Eight arrested in post office murder probeReuters –4 hours agoCraig Hodson-Walker, 29, was shot dead at the post office and general store in the village of Fairfield, Worcestershire, on January 9. His father Ken, 56, …Eight held over post office deathBBC NewsArrests Over Post Office ShootingSky NewsArrests made over post …

Post office to consolidate several routes by end of FebruarySumter Item, SC –4 hours agoBy RANDY BURNS The economic downturn is having an effect on mail volume and subsequently could impact when your mail is delivered and who delivers it. … More: continued here

US budget gap at 5 pct/GDP post-recovery-OMB nomineeReuters –25 minutes agoPeter Orszag, Obama's nominee to head the White House Office of Management and Budget, said that the driver of the long-term budget deficits was rising …Obama's Cabinet picks swarm the HillBoston Globeall 62 news articles More: continued here