WASHINGTON — Lost in all the wreckage of house and home is the loss of services people take for granted. One of those is the daily mail, a service that the local post office has been working hard to re-establish. More: continued here
Read More »Nick Clegg: We got ‘value for money’ from Royal Mail sale – Money Marketing
Nick Clegg: We got 'value for money' from Royal Mail saleMoney MarketingDeputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says the Government got value for money from its sale of Royal Mail. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions today while Prime Minister David Cameron was on a trade mission in China, Clegg said he …
Read More »Post office becomes outpost after Ill. tornadoes – KFVS
Post office becomes outpost after Ill. tornadoesKFVSWASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) – The post office in the central Illinois city of Washington is becoming a hub in the tornado-ravaged community as more than 1,400 people a day visit the facility to pick up their mail. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports (http …Post …
Read More »Royal Mail and CWU announce no strike agreement – TameBay
TameBay Royal Mail and CWU announce no strike agreementTameBayRoyal Mail and the CWU have agreed that the union's ballot for industrial action remains valid. However, the CWU has confirmed that there will be no disruption through industrial action during the ratification process of the proposed agreement … More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Averts Christmas Strike with CWU Pay and Pensions Deal
Union says members' ballot result authorising industrial action remains valid. More: continued here
Read More »eBay banking on Christmas telly-sales – The Guardian (blog)
eBay banking on Christmas telly-salesThe Guardian (blog)New research from eBay into the amount viewers shop online while watching telly – 'dual-screening' as it's know – claims that during last year's Christmas Downton Abbey, after the birth of Lady Mary's baby, sales of Moses baskets on the shopping …and more » More: …
Read More »GOP debunked on food stamps: Everything they say about SNAP is wrong
Forget the nonsense about them breeding dependency. Food stamps increase self-sufficiency, research shows More: continued here
Read More »Ebay Shares Off As Evercore Analyst Cuts Rating
Ebay Inc. shares on Wednesday slipped by 2%, to $50.80, shortly after Evercore analyst Ken Sena cut his rating on the online retailer to equal weight, or neutral, from overweight. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail heads off Christmas strike with pay deal
Royal Mail today said it had avoided damaging strike action by 155,000 of its staff over Christmas after reaching an eleventh-hour agreement with unions over pay and pensions. More: continued here
Read More »EDITORIAL: Food stamps shouldn’t cover junk food – Beaumont Enterprise
Somewhat Reasonable – Heartland Institute (blog) EDITORIAL: Food stamps shouldn't cover junk foodBeaumont EnterpriseNationwide spending on food stamps has quadrupled since 2001 and now stands at nearly $78 billion per year. That growth is unsustainable, and the program is ripe for prudent budget cuts. A good place to start would …
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