Conservative Quest to Gut Food Stamps Ignores Widespread HungerNational JournalIt is an auspicious time for SOME to hold its dinner, because the number of people using its services is growing in this sluggish economy, and it will grow even more as the food-stamp program, known as SNAP, is cut further. …
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POST Office customers in Clevedon will soon have access to a brand new facility with longer opening hours. More: continued here
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Thousands of workers in Crown Post Offices walked out of work yesterday, Wednesday, against office closures, job cuts and a pay freeze. Some 4,000 counter staff struck for half a day over plans to close and franchise 75 offices with the loss of 1,500 jobs. More: continued here
Read More »Jury acquits Catrina Engle of disorderly conduct charge in Mission post office … – Prairie Village Post
Prairie Village Post Jury acquits Catrina Engle of disorderly conduct charge in Mission post office…Prairie Village PostThe incident centered on the fact that the post office had closed when she arrived to mail packages and she had to use the kiosk in the outer lobby. “He was a bully,” she …
Read More »Back to the future: Renovations taking shape at old Reno post office – Reno Gazette Journal
Back to the future: Renovations taking shape at old Reno post officeReno Gazette JournalWhat's old becomes, well, old once again as the renovation of the old downtown post office building hits the halfway mark. Work at the Reno landmark started this year to turn the former federal building into retail …
Read More »Fugitive fowl: Royal Mail rescues and delivers escaped chicken to owner… but … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Fugitive fowl: Royal Mail rescues and delivers escaped chicken to owner… but …Daily MailLeanne Preston, from Congresbury in north Somerset, found the Royal Mail'Something for you' card from her postman when she returned home on Saturday. On it the friendly postie had written that he had seen the …
Read More »Royal Mail: John Major's think tank urges inquiry into 'catastrophic' undervaluation and 'short-sighted firesale'
The Bow Group, whose president is the former prime minister, calls an independent investigation into the how Royal Mail was valued at £3.3bn but is now worth £5.5bn. More: continued here
Read More »Some Collectors Peeved At USPS’ Decision To Feature Harry Potter On Stamps – The Consumerist
Some Collectors Peeved At USPS' Decision To Feature Harry Potter On StampsThe ConsumeristNot everyone is in love with the boy wizard: After the United States Postal Service unveiled its newest collection of stamps featuring characters from the Harry Potter movies, some collectors are ticked off. “Harry Potter is not American. …
Read More »eBay Sellers Making Big Bucks From Desperate PS4 Buyers – PC Magazine
eBay Sellers Making Big Bucks From Desperate PS4 BuyersPC MagazineThe PlayStation 4 is currently sold out at Best Buy, Walmart, and Amazon, but gamers desperate to get their hands on Sony's next-generation console have another option — eBay. "Gamers hunting for the PS4 are flocking to eBay, currently with thousands …
Read More »Royal Mail hearing turns into game of pass the parcel with MPs – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail hearing turns into game of pass the parcel with MPsTelegraph.co.ukMeanwhile, Royal Mail's lack of “historic profitability,” together with its large pension fund, had all “weighed” on the IPO price. The bottom line, said Goldman and UBS, is that institutional investors would not have bought the stock at …
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