EcommerceBytes (blog) In Kozmo.com's Failure, Lessons for Same-Day DeliveryWall Street Journal (blog)That's a question eBay Inc Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , Amazon.com Inc. and a host of startups will have to answer as they roll out same-day delivery services in cities like San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Seattle. Under eBay's …
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Press-Enterprise Could Same-Day Delivery Save the Post Office?DailyFinanceSadly, the Metro Post idea is too small to fix the problem. Whether Metro Post succeeds or fails as a concept, we're still in for a future of continued postal rate hikes, service cuts, and post office closings. Anyone who tells you different …
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NBCNews.com Cory Booker's food stamp challengeWashington Post (blog)Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker (D) will live on the equivalent of food stamps— about $4 per day in New Jersey — for one week starting Tuesday after a Twitter exchange last month over the government's role in the program evolved into a …
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The Associated Press Small-bore proposals to help avert fiscal cliffThe Associated PressBut a "fiscal cliff" budget deal could mean pain for nearly everyone else, too: higher airline ticket prices, for example, an end to Saturday mail delivery, fewer food stamps and lower farm subsidies. Each of those changes would make …
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Postcode Gazette MP delivers Christmas encouragement to local postiesPostcode GazetteStocksbridge and Penistone MP Angela Smith visited Royal Mail's Stocksbridge delivery office to pass on best Christmas wishes and encouragement to the postmen and women at their busiest time of year. This year it's even more important than ever to get …
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ROYAL Mail staff in south Bristol will stage their first strike a week from today. More: continued here
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Read More »X-Ray Devices Sold On Ebay ‘May Be Lethal’ – Sky News
BBC News X-Ray Devices Sold On Ebay'May Be Lethal'Sky NewsThe MHRA said it had found potentially thousands of the cheap imported devices being sold on internet sites such as eBay for as little as £200 to £300 – 13 have been seized at a distribution centre. Approved dental X-ray equipment, …
Read More »Ohio town helps post office keep Rudolph postmark – The Associated Press
Toledo Blade Ohio town helps post office keep Rudolph postmarkThe Associated PressRUDOLPH, Ohio (AP) — The most famous postmark of all has been saved, thanks to volunteers in the northwest Ohio village of Rudolph. Thousands of letters flood the village post office every December so that they can be stamped …
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