The eBay of waste: Rubicon helps corporations cut costs and trashBusiness GreenUnlike eBay, in which buyers bid ever higher prices and the top bid wins, Rubicon's platform, dubbed Caesar, enables waste and recycling vendors to offer progressively lower bids on a job until Rubicon selects a vendor based on price and quality. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk UK deficit widens to biggest on record for AugustTelegraph.co.uk… receipts fell by 2.1pc and benefits payments rose 4.9pc. The Chancellor wants to trim borrowing in 2012/2013 to £120bn, excluding a one-off £28bn boost from the transfer of the Royal Mail pension fund into Treasury ownership, from £127.6 billion …UPDATE 1-British budget deficit swells to…
'Post office should deliver textbooks'SowetanThe union made the plea at the Cosatu congress in Midrand yesterday, saying that the labour federation should speak to the government to cut out the middleman and post the books, which are also to be delivered at schools by the post office. It said … More: continued here
The University’s Board of Regents unanimously voted Thursday to change the name of the School of Art & Design to the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design to recognize a $32.5 million donation to the school, the largest in its history. read more More: continued here
Briefs: Newest iPhone fetches $10100 at eBay auctionThe Detroit NewsThey don't even have the Apple iPhone 5 in their hands yet, but some people have already listed the highly coveted device for sale on eBay at astronomical prices. Bidding on one 64-gigabyte model reached $10,100 on Tuesday with two days left in the … More:…
ERRORS in spelling and titles were spotted on the series of stamps issued to celebrate the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's royal visit to Malaysia in conjunction with Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, reported Kwong Wah Yit Poh . Read more… More: continued here
U-M praises $32.5M gift for art, design schoolDetroit Free PressThe gift from alumna Penny Stamps will be matched by $7.5 million from the university — adding a total of $40 million to the school, which will be renamed the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. The school will become the fourth college on…
City's post office loses battle to stay openCumberland Times-NewsCUMBERLAND — The city's U.S. Postal Service sorting facility has apparently lost its battle to remain open and, in separate news, Orphan's Court Judge Mark Widmyer has resigned from the Canal Place Preservation & Development Authority citing ethical … More: continued here
In the age of E-Mail and On-line billing, how does the Post Office grow it's business? By trying to merge it with the digital world. Today, postal officials talked about mailing campaigns, such as coupons with mobile integration, especially with the upcoming holiday shopping season. The U.S.P.S also expects to reduce costs by $1.2 billion…
Inside INdiana Business (press release) Seeking revenue, post office plans to deliver more junk mailAlameda Times-StarWASHINGTON — Customers might complain about the flood of unsolicited credit card applications, supermarket fliers and shopping catalogs in their mail, but the Postal Service is hoping to deliver even more. Faced with multibillion-dollar losses and …Postal Service Changes in…