DHEC chief: Restrict food stamps, curb obesityWBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SCCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina's public health chief says further restricting what people can buy with food stamps might be a way to cut down on the state's obesity problem. Department of Health and Environmental Control director …
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WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service announced plans Wednesday transition to a new delivery schedule during the week of Aug. 5, 2013 that includes package delivery Monday through Saturday, and mail delivery Monday through Friday. More: continued here
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Our view: Do what you must, post office; we'll adjustBudgeteerThe U.S. Postal Service's plan announced Wednesday to save $2 billion is “a drop in the bucket,” CNN said. But it's something. It's a start with the post office's financial challenges so well-known. And we get it. More people use e-mail; …
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Sort it! Residents say new school should come before building 700 homes on …Camden New Journal newspapers websiteRoyal Mail's current sorting operation will continue at Mount Pleasant although it has now been considerably scaled down due to new technology. A Mount Pleasant Residents Forum has been formed to study the …
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The Post Office is planning to close one in five of its major high street branches and open them as counters in local shops instead, it emerged today. More: continued here
Read More »Did the Post Office Just Seal Netflix’s Fate? – Forbes
Did the Post Office Just Seal Netflix's Fate?ForbesIn an effort to reduce costs, it was announced early this morning that the U.S. Postal Service would end Saturday delivery in August of 2013. While the announcement comes as no surprise to the street (the Postal Service has been warning of its …
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It was 2008 when Larry Langford raised eyebrows when he suggested that the iconic, yet financially troubled mail service, eliminate Saturday mail deliveries to conserve fuel and save millions of dollars. More: continued here
Read More »Return to sender: Royal Mail wins back British Gas contract – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Return to sender: Royal Mail wins back British Gas contractTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail lost an estimated £150m of business when British Gas and British Telecom switched to TNT in 2007. The two contracts, involving 340m letters of bills and statements sent to 40m customers, appeared to seal the terminal decline of …
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