New Year's Eve Bull Bash coming to Stamps on December 31MagnoliareporterThe Young Guns Bull Riding Association has plans for a “New Year's Eve Bull Bash” starting at 5 p.m. Monday, December 31 at the Lafayette County Fairgrounds in Stamps. Bulls from the PBR will be featured. The program will begin with mutton busting, … More:…
Opinion Report: Emergency Food StampsNew York Times (blog)Why is the Bloomberg administration making it so hard for people who need emergency food stamps because of Hurricane Sandy to get them? The dawn and the day itself are merely a prelude to a Christmas dusk, when the lights are most enticing. More: continued here
Patience needed for busy week at post officeFOX 4 NewsEarly Monday morning, several customers who stopped by the main post office on I-30 at Sylvan Avenue reported the automated machine used to mail packages was broken. The customers realized they'd have to return when staffers clocked in at 8 a.m. … More: continued here
Royal Mail adds advisers ahead of privatisationReuters UKBank of America and Goldman Sachs would provide Royal Mail with "additional support relating to early investor soundings to assist with government decision making on the form and timing of a future sale," Royal Mail said in a statement. A stock market …and more » More: continued here
ITV News Tens of thousands of extra parcels a day for Royal Mail | Tyne Tees – ITV NewsITV NewsThe boom in internet shopping means the Royal Mail is handling more parcels than ever before in the run up to this Christmas. Across the North East, Southern Scotland, Cumbria and the North East the Royal…
Russia plans to revamp the postal system next year to boost the country’s $10 billion Internet commerce business and help companies including EBay Inc. (EBAY) and Ozon.ru to improve deliveries. More: continued here
Russia Plans Postal Reform That May Help EBay Speed Up ShipmentsBloombergRussia plans to revamp the postal system next year to boost the country's $10 billion Internet commerce business and help companies including EBay Inc. (EBAY) and Ozon.ru to improve deliveries. The Telecommunications Ministry plans to submit a draft …and more » More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail worker given payout after he falls due to 'slippery' bootsTelegraph.co.uk"It was Royal Mail's responsibility to help me look after them. Instead they made me deliver the mail in poor quality footwear." The Royal Mail has provided "durable and slip-resistant footwear" to all its postal workers for more than 20 years. But …and…
HANAMA‘ULU — Island residents who use the Hanama‘ulu post office should expect that mail and packages were likely damaged during Friday’s fire that destroyed the 116-year-old Hanama‘ulu Trading Company building. More: continued here
ITV News Royal Mail workers take on their busiest week ahead of Christmas | Scotland …stv.tvThe Royal Mail has begun its busiest week of the year in the run up to Christmas. Millions of items were sorted by staff at the Glasgow Mail Centre in Springburn on Monday, with machines processing 40,000 items an hour….