First-quarter GDP preview: False dawn – EBay fires back – Debt ceiling …Politico (blog)EXCLUSIVE: eBAY FIRES BACK — Brian Bieron, Senior Director, U.S. Government Relations and Global Policy at eBay Inc., in an email after the Senate moved ahead on a bill to allow states to force online retailers to collect sales tax: “If Keyser…
Waterford Post Office to be renamed after fallen soldier – The Journal TimesJournal TimesThe post office, 218 N. Milwaukee St., will be named the Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office in a dedication ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday, according to a Friday news release. The dedication will be held at the Waterford Public Library, 101…
POST Office staff will walk out in a row over pay on Monday. More: continued here
eBay Pulls 'Boston Massacre' T-Shirt – Huffington PostHuffington PostEBay Inc. spokeswoman Johnna Hoff said in an email Thursday that the shirt was in violation of the company's offensive materials policy. This bans items that promote hatred, violence, portray graphic violence or victims of violence, among other things. More: continued here
We Need the Post Office | The NationThe Nation. (blog)We applauded Congress's recent defense of Saturday delivery at the United States Postal Service and the USPS's subsequent decision not to cancel it. However, the story didn't end there. As John Nichols reported, the USPS still suffers from attempts to … More: continued here
Postage stamps and onions the latest threat to the State of Israel, writes …The Electronic Intifada (blog)Makhoul says these practices include a ban on onions, in place since the beginning of the year, and the removal of postal stamps from letters of solidarity to Palestinian political prisoners (referred to by the acronym PPP in Makhoul's…
HWT Post Office committing fraud against the public!Jamaica GleanerI guess I should be accustomed by now to the various means the Government uses to extract money from us, but I was totally taken aback by the blatant fraud being committed by the Half-Way Tree Post Office. Some years ago, the post office introduced … More:…
MIDDLE AMANA, Iowa – Middle Amana residents will have to travel a little further for their mail after the post office closed for good Friday at noon. A United States Postal Service spokesperson said the building owner was charging more than the USPS wanted to pay. More: continued here
Post office's'mark machine' retiresEast Oregonian (subscription)One of the oldest Postal Service machines still operating — the NCR Mark II Facer-Canceller machine, or “Mark machine” — took its last turn sorting mail at the Pendleton post office on Friday night. According to Western area representative Peter Hass … More: continued here
U.S. Postal Service seeking input on relocation of Derby Post OfficeNew Haven RegisterThe current post office occupies 12,000 square feet of space, and houses both retail services and delivery carrier operations. A proposal calls for relocating retail services, which includes buying stamps, sending and receiving packages and P.O. boxes, …and more » More: continued here