The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is considering ending at least some services at the downtown post office, 120 Federal Place, as part of cost-cutting measures. More: continued here
Read More »Johnson: Stamps should consider limiting twitter use – Calgary Herald
Globe and Mail Johnson: Stamps should consider limiting twitter useCalgary HeraldIt's something he would never, ever utter with a tape recorder or TV camera pointed in his direction inside the locker-room following a Stamps' practice or game. Not in a hundred lifetimes. But at home, apparently safe behind the Wizard …
Read More »An avalanche of junk mail: Nearly half daily postbag is now direct marketing … – Daily Mail
An avalanche of junk mail: Nearly half daily postbag is now direct marketing …Daily MailAnd Royal Mail admitted the volume of unwanted letters will only grow in its drive to make bigger profits. The revelation means up to 27million of the 54million items of daily post are junk mail. The …
Read More »Dilapidated, rat-infested Knox post office closed
Dilapidated, rat-infested Knox post office closed Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 3:50 p.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2012 KNOX – The town's post office was closed Tuesday after the United State Postal Service deemed the building too …
Read More »PayPal yet to give up on NFC – ZDNet
The Australian Financial Review PayPal yet to give up on NFCZDNetDuring the eBay subsidiary's second-quarter financial results briefing, eBay CEO John Donahoe, who was then PayPal's acting CEO, said NFC will "never" be ready, and does not offer consumers real value. Instead, PayPal ditched its NFC payment …Mobile commerce booming …
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Nobody would have been more upset at the sheer stupidity exhibited by Nik Lewis on Twitter Monday than ol' Huf. More: continued here
Read More »Knox post office to close
Knox post office to close Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:48 p.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2012 KNOX — The town's post office was closed Tuesday after the U.S. Postal Service deemed the building unsafe and unsanitary …
Read More »A £4bn sell-off waiting to be delivered – The Independent
The Independent A £4bn sell-off waiting to be deliveredThe IndependentIt's been lost in the post for a while, but Royal Mail's£4bn privatisation project finally looks like an imminent delivery. Yesterday the group dispatched first-class half-year results to the Government's doorstep: hitting Britons with stamp price …Royal Mail lifted by parcels …
Read More »Cambridge credit scoring startup collects $1.5 million from eBay’s founder – Boston.com
Cambridge credit scoring startup collects $1.5 million from eBay's founderBoston.comCignifi has raised $1.5 million in new funding, led by Omidyar Network, the California investment firm created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. Cambridge-based Cignifi helps banks, insurers, and retailers estimate the credit risk of prospective … More: continued here
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