One in five major Post Offices to be run from counters in high street shops
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
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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 …and more » More: continued here
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Did the Post Office Just Seal Netflix's Fate?
By: Jake L'Ecuyer More: continued here
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Post Office late when it comes to Saturday cuts: Langford pitched idea years ago
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
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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 Royal Mail.Royal Mail wins British…
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Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery
Jason Bryant of Goshen struggled to keep a flat package on top of a tall box as he walked into the Goshen post office Wednesday afternoon. More: continued here
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Three Ulster County residents charged with misusing food stamps – Times Herald-Record
Three Ulster County residents charged with misusing food stampsTimes Herald-RecordACCORD — Three Accord residents have been charged with fraud in connection with misusing food stamps at Star Grocery store, police say. A joint investigation into using electronic food stamp benefit cards for non-food items began in March 2011 by the …Accord trio charged in food…
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Ebay Opportunists Are Banking on a Sell-Out Prabal for Target Launch – Racked National
Racked National Ebay Opportunists Are Banking on a Sell-Out Prabal for Target LaunchRacked NationalEditors and and other guests were invited to shop the collection a few days early at last night's preview party, and today a handful of items have appeared on eBay at well above designated retail prices. The floral dress pictured above, which…
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How Healthcare Expenses Cost Us Saturday Postal Delivery – TIME
TIME How Healthcare Expenses Cost Us Saturday Postal DeliveryTIMEA number of factors are behind the post office's deficit problems: More of us use e-mail and text messaging to stay in touch, driving down mail volume; private competition from carriers like UPS and FedEx has chipped away at the Post Office's package …COLUMN: End to Saturday…
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Post office needs to do more than end Saturday mail – Buffalo News
Post office needs to do more than end Saturday mailBuffalo NewsThe post office announced Wednesday that it will end Saturday delivery of most mail starting Aug. 1. It will continue to deliver packages on Saturdays. Congress could try to prevent the end of Saturday service, but if it succeeded, it would only delay … More:…