Weekend Reading: Neil Barofsky, the Post Office and the Impact of the SequesterBarron’s (blog)Fun fades at investing clubs – ”It used to be that if you went by the numbers, you could pick a pretty good stock, but that isn't as true anymore.” (WSJ). Who decided US megabanks are too …
Read More »Congress needs to deliver Post Office from its deficit
From an editorial published Thursday in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Slows Rate of Losses for Quarter – New York Times
Bloomberg Post Office Slows Rate of Losses for QuarterNew York TimesThe post office would stop delivering or picking up mail on Saturdays, ending a practice that goes back to the 1890s. Packages would continue to be delivered Monday through Saturday. The Postal Service said the change could result in an …
Read More »Saturday mail delivery to go by the wayside
The post office has been part of America since its earliest founding. More: continued here
Read More »Football heroes feature on new stamps from Royal Mail – WalesOnline
Football heroes feature on new stamps from Royal MailWalesOnlineTHE Royal Mail is issuing a set of stamps featuring some of the UK's biggest soccer heroes to mark the 150th anniversary of Association Football rules being established. The first class stamps, Football Heroes, show the stars in their home country's … …
Read More »Fight Brewing To Keep Post Office In Mall Open
Friday, US Postal Service District Office in Greensboro was given a petition to keep the post office inside Four Seasons Mall open. More: continued here
Read More »Duluth police say drug trafficking ring involved trading food stamps for cocaine – Duluth News Tribune
Duluth police say drug trafficking ring involved trading food stamps for cocaineDuluth News TribuneDuring the investigation, task force investigators identified a trend in the narcotics trafficking — trading so-called food stamp or EBT/SNAP cards in exchange for crack cocaine. “These trades were made at rates equal to approximately 50 percent …
Read More »There’s a blurring of offline and online: eBay’s Lee – Livemint
Livemint There's a blurring of offline and online: eBay's LeeLivemintMumbai: Jay Lee , senior vice-president and managing director of eBay Inc.'s Asia Pacific business, believes a revolution is imminent in the way Indians communicate and compute, led by tablets below $100 and Internet-enabled phones that cost less than …and more » …
Read More »Group Rally To Keep Four Seasons Town Centre Post Office Open With … – WFMY News 2
WFMY News 2 Group Rally To Keep Four Seasons Town Centre Post Office Open With …WFMY News 2Friday, several heading up the mission went to the US Postal Service's district office in Greensboro and handed them a petition with a thousand signatures. Their demands: keep the post office in Four …
Read More »Royal Mail tribute to “former Cherries player” George Best – Bournemouth Echo
Bournemouth Echo Royal Mail tribute to "former Cherries player" George BestBournemouth EchoFOOTBALL legend George Best – whose professional career ended with a season at AFC Bournemouth – is to feature in a new set of football-themed postage stamps. The Royal Mail is marking the 150th anniversary of the establishment of …
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