Forbidding use of food stamps for sweetened drinks could reduce obesity …Scope (blog)Banning the purchase of sugar-sweetened drinks with food stamps could reduce obesity rates and new cases of type-2 diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The food stamp program, officially …
Read More »Hindustan Motors and the Post Office – National Review Online (blog)
Hindustan Motors and the Post OfficeNational Review Online (blog)At one time, people in India had to get on a waiting list to buy Hindustan Motors' Ambassador automobile, even though it was an obvious copy of Britain's Morris Oxford of some decades earlier. The reason was simple: The Indian government would …
Read More »DHL Finally Finds a Way to Compete With FedEx and UPS
If you begin seeing more yellow helicopters in the sky, it’s a sign that DHL Express is on the mend. Six years after the German company quit the American market for domestic-only shipments amid heavy losses, DHL Express has begun winning new business among U.S.-based outfits that source goods and …
Read More »PHLPost prints textiles on stamps to mark National Heritage Month – GMA News
Philippine Information Agency PHLPost prints textiles on stamps to mark National Heritage MonthGMA NewsNew stamps featuring Philippine textiles have been issued to celebrate National History Month. Philippine Postal Corporation. A new special stamp set featuring Philippine textiles is the Philippine Postal Corporation's contribution to the celebration …PHLPost stamps highlight traditional …
Read More »New restaurant planned for old post office site in town
PROPERTY owners are hoping to get the stamp of approval for a new restaurant venture earmarked for Weymouth’s old post office site. More: continued here
Read More »LondonMetric Disposes Off Certain Assets; Announces Purchase Of Royal Mail – RTT News
LondonMetric Disposes Off Certain Assets; Announces Purchase Of Royal MailRTT NewsLondonMetric Property Plc (LMP.L) Tuesday said it closed the sale of certain assets at Berkhamsted and the disposed off its Odeon and DFS portfolios. In addition, it announced the acquisition of the Royal Mail distribution centre in Rotherham. The …LondonMetric …
Read More »Crooks preying on Post Office customers – WPEC
WPEC Crooks preying on Post Office customersWPECThe U.S. Postal Inspection Service says crooks are quietly installing skimmers on automated stamp vending machines in Post Office lobbies across the country. Skimmers have been found at post offices in at least 13 states, including Florida. “I come …and more » More: continued here
Read More »US Postal Service offers reward in explosion at Marin post office – Marin Independent Journal
US Postal Service offers reward in explosion at Marin post officeMarin Independent JournalThe incident occurred at about 3 a.m. Sunday, when residents reported numerous explosions near the post office on Sir Geronimo Valley Drive. Authorities determined that someone set off explosives in a blue mail colllection box outside the post …
Read More »Eskimos receivers Fred Stamps, Adarius Bouwman like the newly squared-off corners
A late-season injury to Fred Stamps may or may not have inspired the Commonwealth Stadium end zone reconfiguration. More: continued here
Read More »GOVERNMENT LEVIATHAN – WND.com
GOVERNMENT LEVIATHANWND.comOur post office, like the Hindustan Ambassador, has had a long run as a government-protected monopoly. But just a partial erosion of that monopoly, with the appearance of United Parcel Service and Federal Express, has threatened the viability of the …Government-Protected U.S. Post Office A Lot Like Shoddy Indian …
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