Royal Mail suspends mail on Blackburn street after dog biteAol MoneyIf you live in a certain Blackburn cul-de-sac, Royal Mail will not deliver your post. Reason? Winston, a seven-stone American pitbull, recently snapped at a postman, drawing blood. Several residents of cul-de-sac Worcester Road, Whitebirk in Blackburn … More: continued …
Read More »Cheney: Less Food Stamps, More War – Daily Beast
Cheney: Less Food Stamps, More WarDaily BeastAt the same time, he has expanded the social safety net with greater spending on food stamps, health care, and other services. Cheney isn't pleased: Appearing on Fox News's “Hannity,” he said President Barack Obama “would rather spend the money on … More: continued here
Read More »Price of stamps to rise next month after Royal Mail hikes postal costs for the first time since privatisation
Stamps are set to increase by up to 6 per cent at the end of March. The postal service said it had 'thought carefully' about the impact it would have on customers. More: continued here
Read More »Village Post Office refurbishment will lead to seven-day service
A VILLAGE post office is to extend its opening hours following a programme of modernisation. More: continued here
Read More »EBay founder rejects Icahn’s call for PayPal spinoff – Reuters
CNNMoney EBay founder rejects Icahn's call for PayPal spinoffReuters(Reuters) – EBay Inc founder and Chairman Pierre Omidyar rejected investor Carl Icahn's call to separate the company's fast-growing PayPal payments unit, saying the businesses were better off together. Omidyar, who is the largest shareholder in eBay…Icahn throws new punches in eBay …
Read More »Royal Mail scammers demand ransom to unlock infected PCs – Aol Money
Royal Mail scammers demand ransom to unlock infected PCsAol MoneyThe Royal Mail says it never asks customers to enter information on a page that isn't part of its own website, and never includes an attachment unless it's something the customer has specifically asked for. And, as always, back up: something …
Read More »Union: Let Post Office Sell Financial Services and Staff Staples Postal Outlets
Washington (TheStreet) — The way the president of the American Postal Workers Union sees it, the post office has two ways to go. One is downscale, letting Staples workers sell its products as its business diminishes. The alternatives, Mark Dimondstein said, are to have post office work done by post office …
Read More »UK's newly-privatised Royal Mail to raise stamp prices
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's newly-privatised Royal Mail Group has announced above-inflation increases for the price of stamps, the first rises for two years and stoking anger among critics who say taxpayers were short-changed in the company's sell-off. Royal Mail shares have surged 85 percent since the government sold off part …
Read More »Garnell Stamps, civil rights pioneer, dies – Lynchburg News and Advance
Garnell Stamps, civil rights pioneer, diesLynchburg News and AdvanceJames Coleman, a community leader and vice president of the Lynchburg Voters League, said Stamps was a Lynchburg legend known for his stirring oratory and his ability to connect with both national leaders and the common man. "He knew how to put … …
Read More »Royal Mail raises price of stamps AGAIN just months after privatisation
Royal Mail has announced stamp price hikes – just months after the Government’s controversial fire sale of the postal giant. The company today confirmed the price of a first class stamp will rise by 2p to 62p on March 31, when a second class stamp will go up 3p to …
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