Today in international tech news: Saudi Arabia asks ICANN to prohibit a laundry list of top-level domains — .gay, .wine, .sex among them. Also: A Briton is sentenced to four years in prison for operating the streaming site surfthechannel.com; Walmart ups its stake in a Chinese e-commerce company; Ecuador has not, in fact, made a…
Boxscore Olympic gold for England's postboxesBoxscoreLarkhill Post Office has become the UK's first to have its postbox painted gold in celebration of Captain Heather Stanning's Olympic gold medal win in the women's coxless rowing pairs – but it wasn't done by Royal Mail. The Royal Mail is only painting …Call for gold post box in…
Royal Mail faces "greatest challenge in stamps production ever" after deciding to honour Paralympians. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail to Issue Stamps for UK Gold Paralympic VictoriesBusinessweekRoyal Mail Group Ltd. will issue a stamp to celebrate each U.K. national win at the Paralympic Games in London beginning later this month. “This will be the first time ever any host country has issued Gold Medal stamps for their Paralympic winners …Royal Mail…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service is proposing to cut its rates for one of the nation's top direct marketing companies, a move that threatens the newspaper industry's biggest money-maker: the Sunday advertising bundle. The post office expects to generate $15 million in profits over three years by cutting what it charges Valassis…
NBC Latino Obama Administration Already Tossed the Food Stamp Work RequirementHeritage.org (blog)The Obama Administration sure is getting defensive about its recent action to waive all work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash welfare program. But this isn't the first time or the first program in which Obama …Obama Sabotages Welfare ReformRight…
Cheaper junk mail? Newspapers decry US Postal planBusinessweekThe post office expects to generate $15 million in profits over three years by cutting what it charges Valassis Communications Inc. for new mass mailings. Livonia, Mich.-based Valassis sent more than 3 billion pieces of so-called junk mail through the …and more » More: continued here
Royal Mail caves in over Paralympic stampsNew Statesman (blog)After a week of media pressure, Royal Mail have announced that they will produce a stamp for each Team GB Paralympian gold medal-winner. Royal Mail had originally planned to produce six stamps featuring all Paralympians, rather than the individual … More: continued here
The Royal Mail's European parcels business is launching a partnership with a Chinese firm. More: continued here
National Post Inside the CFL: Putting a stamp on the Grey CupSports NetworkBy Ted Michaels, CFL Columnist. Toronto, ON (Sports Network) – It's a brilliant way to promote a big year and it's a history lesson. The 100th Grey Cup Game will be commemorated on a new set of stamps that will celebrate the big…