Shrewsbury Royal Mail staff give final gift to local charitiesshropshirelive.com (press release)The Society, a staff funded charitable group within Shrewsbury's Royal Mail sorting office, has roots dating back to the 1930's and has worked with many local charities including County Air Ambulance and Hope House Hospice. Nominated charities ranged … More: continued here
St. Paul post office developer to seek $850000 in grantsPioneer PressThe developers who purchased the massive U.S. Post Office and Custom House Tower on Kellogg Boulevard is asking for public assistance to redevelop the riverfront building into a hotel, apartments, a restaurant and a parking ramp. Ironton Custom House … More: continued here
Shannon Brown, senior vice president and chief human resources and diversity officer for FedEx Express, will talk about his life and career at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive in Lawrence. More: continued here
Farm bill compromise announced, snatching $800M from food stampsAl Jazeera AmericaLarry Bossom, 41, who lost his job a few month ago, leaves the St. Ignatius Food Pantry with bags of items Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, in Chicago. Bossom is relying on food stamps and the food bank to help him until he finds work again….
IT WILL be back to where it all began for Australia Post as a new retail superstore opens opposite the old General Post Office building. More: continued here
Royal Mail steams aheadBBC NewsWhen the Royal Mail in March last year unveiled a cost-cutting plan aimed at rescuing it from financial oblivion, it said delivering more letters by rail would be a key plank of its strategy. Just over a year later, the ground seems to have shifted … More: continued here
eBay Now in a Race to Beat Amazon to Your DoorstepHuffington PosteBay is out to save it. The enemy of my enemy is friend — or so eBay hopes. eBay began life as a rather drab online auction site that peddles Pez dispensers and the like. But auctions have transformed into 'buy it now' storefronts……
EBay UK consumer account up for grabsPRWeekLONDON: EBay and Shine Communications are splitting, with the online retail giant reviewing its six-figure UK consumer PR account. The company is understood to be holding a series of chemistry meetings with agencies; Shine has declined to take part in …EBay consumer PR account up for grabs after seven years…
Majority of Americans receiving food stamps are of working agePenn LiveMaggie Barcellano prepares dinner at her father's house in Austin, Texas. Barcellano, who lives with her father, enrolled in the food stamps program to help save up for paramedic training while she works as a home health aide and raises her three-year … More: continued…
St. Paul downtown post office developer to seek city's helpPioneer PressThe developers who purchased the massive U.S. Post Office and Custom House Tower on Kellogg Boulevard plans to ask for public assistance to redevelop the riverfront building into a hotel, apartments, a restaurant and a parking ramp. Ironton Custom … More: continued here