Royal Mail apologises for 'significant disruption' and blames unions for walking out on talks to avert second wave of strikes Britain braced itself tonight for a second wave of postal disruption as unions said more 24-hour strikes were set to go ahead after talks collapsed. Leaders of the Communication Workers …
Read More »Trumps reach lease deal on Old Post Office in D.C. – Politico
ExecutiveGov Trumps reach lease deal on Old Post Office in D.C.PoliticoWASHINGTON — Donald Trump's real estate company has completed a $200 million deal on a 60-year lease agreement on the Old Post Office building in Washington. The General Services Administration says the deal with the Trump Organization was …Trump to Turn …
Read More »Post office robbers found guilty of murder
Craig Hodson-Walker died after being shot in the heart trying to protect his subpostmaster father Three men were today convicted of murdering the son of a subpostmaster who was shot as they tried to rob his parents' store. Craig Hodson-Walker, 29, was shot through the heart on 9 January in …
Read More »Futures Follow-Through to Downside Amid Taper Talk – ETF Daily News (blog)
Futures Follow-Through to Downside Amid Taper TalkETF Daily News (blog)eBay Inc(NASDAQ:EBAY) had a big gap down on July 18 after the company missed its earnings estimate then dip buyers stepped in at the $51 area to contain the sell-off. The stock built a base at this level for a few …
Read More »Post office staff back anti-scam bid
Post office staff in the Angus area agree to be on the look out for vulnerable customers who are being targeted by mail-drop scammers. More: continued here
Read More »UK seeks firms to help sell Royal Mail shares to public
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government has invited stockbrokers to apply to help sell shares in the Royal Mail postal service 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, the country's biggest …
Read More »FOX 4 Investigation: Food Stamps – FOX 4 News
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Read More »Burned post office on Kauai unlikely to be rebuilt – Hawaii News Now
Burned post office on Kauai unlikely to be rebuiltHawaii News NowLIHUE, Hawaii (AP) – U.S. Postal Service officials say they're unlikely to rebuild a full-service post office in the Kauai town of Hanamaulu near Lihue after a fire destroyed the last one. The old post office operated out of the …
Read More »Peter Mandelson backs new 'people's bank' at Post Office
A groundbreaking "people's bank", offering a full range of financial services and using the UK network of 12,000 post offices, is being promoted by Peter Mandelson, the business secretary. The plan to use the remaining post office outlets as the backbone of a new national bank would head off a …
Read More »2 POST OFFICES MAY CLOSE
A post office in Mission Valley and one in Escondido are on the chopping block as part of the U.S. Postal Service’s nationwide effort to cut costs in the face of declining revenue. More: continued here
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