Contemporary Australian writers including Peter Carey and Thomas Keneally are being honoured with a collection of commemorative postage stamps Australian literary legends including Peter Carey, Thomas Keneally and The Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough are to be featured on a series of stamps. Carey, the Booker prize-winning author of titles …
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The U.S. Postal Service lost some $16 billion last year and continues to bleed red ink. Congress has been unable to agree on a rescue plan. The latest proposal would allow the post office to end Saturday delivery in a year and enable it to ship wine and beer. More: …
Read More »Royal Mail privatisation: shares can be sold by stockbrokers – The Guardian
Royal Mail privatisation: shares can be sold by stockbrokersThe GuardianThe government has invited stockbrokers to apply to help sell shares in the Royal Mail to members of the public as part of a planned stock market listing. The 497-year-old institution is to be floated by the end of March 2014 …
Read More »What do food stamps buy?
The debate in Congress about cutting the food stamp program has sparked predictable clashes between those who want to help the poor and those who want to cut government spending. But strangely missing from the arguments is a shocking fact: The public, including Congress, knows almost nothing about how the …
Read More »TNT's big investors reject Royal Mail plan
Shareholders in TNT are warning the Dutch postal firm against buying a stake in Royal Mail. Investors contacted by the Observer said they were concerned that the British government would prevent TNT from cutting thousands of postal workers' jobs to make Royal Mail's letters business more profitable. Gordon Brown is …
Read More »Fall River's Flint Post Office not being considered for closure
The Flint Post Office is no longer being considered for closure, officials announced Thursday. In a letter, dated Aug. 6, to U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy, Jason Lamote, a government relations representative for the United States Postal Service, said that postal service officials, after careful consideration, are no longer considering discontinuing …
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Deadline Detroit Jerry Vile's Crisco can up for bid on eBayDetroit Free PressThe eBay auction runs six more days. From 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday during the final hours of bidding, artist-provocateur Vile and company will be hosting a live event at the Jazz Cafe at Music Hall, 350 Madison …
Read More »Fall River’s Flint Post Office not being considered for closure – Fall River Herald News
Fall River's Flint Post Office not being considered for closureFall River Herald NewsIn a letter, dated Aug. 6, to U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy, Jason Lamote, a government relations representative for the United States Postal Service, said that postal service officials, after careful consideration, are no longer considering discontinuing … More: …
Read More »The tragedy of America’s great food stamp binge – Fox News
The tragedy of America's great food stamp bingeFox NewsLet me put it this way, my jaw hit the floor. Earlier this week I was able to screen a portion of this Friday's Fox News documentary “The Great Food Stamp Binge,” hosted by Bret Baier. It airs Friday at 10 p.m. …
Read More »Fox News Reporting: The Great Food Stamp Binge – Fox News (blog)
Fox News (blog) Fox News Reporting: The Great Food Stamp BingeFox News (blog)With one in seven Americans now receiving food stamps, a Fox News investigative team traveled the country to expose the government's startling attempts to get even more people to sign up for the “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program”. More: …
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