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 office becomes hub after tornadoPekin…
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
Union says members' ballot result authorising industrial action remains valid. More: continued here
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: continued here
Forget the nonsense about them breeding dependency. Food stamps increase self-sufficiency, research shows More: continued here
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
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
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 be to prohibit food stamp…
Britain's newly privatised Royal Mail said on Wednesday it reached an agreement in principle with union members on pay and pensions, removing the risk of a strike taking place during the company's busy Christmas period. The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents Royal Mail staff, had at one point threatened to strike after talks faltered….
Christmas stampsMarshall IndependentEvery Christmas since 1965 I have mailed my Christmas cards by getting the stamp cancelled on the First Day of Issue. For most of the 1960s that meant getting the cards written, addressed and sent off to the particular post office where the Christmas … More: continued here