South Florida reacts to Post Office plans to end Saturday mail deliverySun-SentinelThe U.S. Postal Service plans to end Saturday mail delivery starting this summer to save about $2 billion a year and cut its losses now estimated at about $16 billion yearly. The government agency would still deliver packages on …
Read More »FedEx, UPS see no bounce from Post Office's move
The U.S. Postal Service's announcement that it plans to end Saturday mail deliveries apparently had little effect on shares of private-sector competitors FedEx and UPS.In Wednesday afternoon trading, shares … More: continued here
Read More »US Post Office To End Saturday Letter Delivery – WBUR
WBUR US Post Office To End Saturday Letter DeliveryWBURUS Post Office To End Saturday Letter Delivery. By The Associated Press. File photo of U.S. Letter Carrier Gerald Tannehill delivering mail in Springfield, Ill. (AP/Seth Perlman). The head of the letter carriers union says it's a “disastrous idea …and more » More: …
Read More »Magazines React To Post Office Cutbacks: ‘The Friday Evening Post’? – New York Times (blog)
Magazines React To Post Office Cutbacks: 'The Friday Evening Post'?New York Times (blog)The magazine industry, which has already been hurt by advertising declines and the loss of readers, spent Wednesday afternoon reeling from the latest news that they no longer would be able to get magazines delivered on Saturdays. Magazine …
Read More »You Can’t Put Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again – Esquire (blog)
You Can't Put Humpty Dumpty Back Together AgainEsquire (blog)Ten months ago, when I began reporting what would become "Do We Really Want To Live Without the Post Office?, nearly everyone I spoke with brought up cutting Saturday service because it's such an easy target — who wants bills over the …
Read More »The Post office is defying Congress by halting Saturday mail. But why? – Washington Post (blog)
The Post office is defying Congress by halting Saturday mail. But why?Washington Post (blog)The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it would stop delivering mail on Saturdays in an effort to save $2 billion per year and shore up its finances. Politically speaking, this is a bold move. In the …
Read More »China bans ads on luxury watches, rare stamps on TV, radio to encourage
Beijing, Feb. 6 — Chinese television and radio channels have been ordered to cut down on advertisements that encourage exchanging expensive gifts like luxury watches, rare stamps and gold coins as they promote "bad ethos." This is the latest instance of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) new dispensation's efforts …
Read More »DHEC chief: Restrict food stamps, curb obesity – WCNC
DHEC chief: Restrict food stamps, curb obesityWCNCCOLUMBIA, 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 Catherine …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Belgium’s chocolate-flavored stamps get seal of approval – Washington Times
Washington Times Belgium's chocolate-flavored stamps get seal of approvalWashington TimesCome March 25, Belgium will launch a new postal product — a chocolate smelling, chocolate tasting stamp. “We have added a chocolate taste to the glue of the stamps,” the Belgian postal service said, in an Agence France-Presse report. “You can …
Read More »Vintage Easton Odds and Ends Available on Ebay – Patch.com
Vintage Easton Odds and Ends Available on EbayPatch.com3189592. asset[new_asset_attachment_attributes][to_type]. Article. article[new_asset_attachment_attributes][user_id]. new_asset_attachment_attributes. Check out these vintage items related the town of Easton currently for sale on eBay. NORTH EASTON … More: continued here
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