Post Office Reports Another Quarter Of Losses – NPR

Post Office Reports Another Quarter Of LossesNPRby Yuki Noguchi The Postal Service announced Thursday that it lost more than $3 billion during the first three months of the year. Post office officials are pushing Congress to give it more authority to cut some of its burgeoning costs. More: continued here

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Royal Mail delivery office to close – Spenborough Guardian

Royal Mail delivery office to closeSpenborough GuardianRoyal Mail has blamed 'declining mail volumes and increasingly tough trading conditions' for the closure. Tony Power, Royal Mail delivery sector manager, said: “We have been talking to our people about the move, as we must modernise our operations. More: continued here

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Food Stamps and Unemployment Insurance

A loosening of some rules on food-stamp eligibility and an expected tightening of rules for receiving unemployment insurance may make more people out of work rely on food stamps, an economist writes. More: continued here

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PhD And On Food Stamps; Why This Graduate Is On Welfare

Tony Yang is one of many young professionals that are finding themselves in increasingly hard economic times. With a PhD in History from the University of California, Yang has no permanent job, no stable income, and without the help of the government, no food to put on his table. “It …

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