Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette Updated: Burgess post office designation heads to PresidentChampaign/Urbana News-GazetteThe U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation on Tuesday night that would name the post office at 302 East Green Street as the James R. Burgess Junior Post Office Building. Burgess was the first African American …
Read More »Millionaire killer’s 1-cent stamp may fetch record $20M – Tribune-Review
Millionaire killer's 1-cent stamp may fetch record $20MTribune-ReviewSotheby's New York will auction the world's rarest stamp, the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, on June 17, 2014, as part of the John E. du Pont estate. A convicted murderer, du Pont died in the state prison in Somerset. The stamp is expected …
Read More »eBay to grow presence in Illinois and get tax credit in return – Chicago Business Journal
eBay to grow presence in Illinois and get tax credit in returnChicago Business JournalQuinn announced today that global online marketplace eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is expanding its presence in Illinois and will create 360 new jobs in the city over the course of the next three years. eBay established a beachhead …
Read More »House approves bill renaming Alden Post Office building – Buffalo News
House approves bill renaming Alden Post Office buildingBuffalo NewsADVERTISEMENT. WASHINGTON – The House on Tuesday approved a bill that aims to rename the U.S. Post Office in Alden after the late Army Sgt. Brett E. Gornewicz, an Alden native who died while serving in Afghanistan in November 2012. “It is …
Read More »World’s rarest stamp could fetch record auction price of $20 mln – WTAQ
World's rarest stamp could fetch record auction price of $20 mlnWTAQNEW YORK (Reuters) – A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, could sell for a record price when it is auctioned on Tuesday evening at Sotheby's, where it is …
Read More »Why FedEx (FDX) Stock Is Lower In Pre-Market Trading
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Shares of FedEx Corp. are down -0.19% to $140. in pre-market trading on Monday after Credit Suisse lowered its 2015 fiscal year earnings earnings per share forecast to $8.55 from $8.85 citing pressure on margins.Credit Suisse also lowered its 2016 fiscal year estimate to $10.50 from …
Read More »eBay plans to expand into Chicago – Kankakee Daily Journal
eBay plans to expand into ChicagoKankakee Daily JournalCHICAGO — Online auction giant eBay Inc. confirmed Monday that it will expand into Chicago, adding 360 jobs during a three-year period. The company will lease a 60,000-square-foot office in the city's Merchandise Mart building downtown, Department of …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Atlanta police investigate 2nd suspicious package
The Atlanta police bomb squad was sent to a northeast Atlanta post office Tuesday afternoon to check out a package found unattended in the lobby of the post office. More: continued here
Read More »Brockport post office to be named after fallen hero
A post office in Brockport will now be named after a local, fallen hero. More: continued here
Read More »UPS Follows FedEx in Basing Prices on Size, Not Weight
United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said it will begin charging for ground-shipped packages by size, not just weight, a change designed to boost revenue and reduce costs at the world’s biggest delivery company. More: continued here
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