1st village post office to open in Lester businessWTVM(AP) – A local business is stepping in after the US Postal Service closed the town branch. The Barn Feed and Seed in Lester will be the location of Alabama's first Village Post Office. The service considers village post offices in locations …
Read More »Hoyt post office one of dozens saved
The people of Hoyt will be the first to tell you there is not much to the town. But many think it's pretty much perfect just the way it is. Calderwoods Grocery Store Manager Steven Beasterfield says, "We have the veterinarian. We have our own funeral home. I mean, pretty …
Read More »Postal Service Cancels Plans For Rural Closures
Small town residents breath a sigh of relief because their post office will stay open. More: continued here
Read More »Local postal model ‘must improve’ – Retford Today
Retford Today Local postal model 'must improve'Retford TodayA new model of providing postal services in stores or petrol stations should be improved after research revealed problems such as inaccurate product and pricing advice, according to a consumer group. Consumer Focus said the so-called Post Office Locals …and more » More: continued …
Read More »Post offices help with nationwide food drive – Daily Comet
The Daily Jeffersonian Post offices help with nationwide food driveDaily Comet“The post office is really great for doing this. I don't know how we ever made it without them.” Postcards and shopping bags promoting the food drive have been delivered by letter carriers for the past week as a reminder …
Read More »Money Minute: How about a latte with your postage stamps? [Video] – Los Angeles Times
Boston.com Money Minute: How about a latte with your postage stamps? [Video]Los Angeles TimesBy David Lazarus It's fair to say that any business losing almost $1 billion a month needs to rethink it's game plan. And that's what the US Postal Service says it's doing. The Postal Service lost $3.2 …
Read More »Your say: Post office queues
The North Shore Times asked readers what they thought about queues at their local post office: More: continued here
Read More »EBay Stalls the Engine of Its Auto Sales Unit – DailyFinance
International Business Times EBay Stalls the Engine of Its Auto Sales UnitDailyFinanceAt this rate, eBay proper will soon be producing less money than the PayPal "subsidiary" — and eBay's latest move with its "eBay Motors" business isn't helping matters. Once ballyhooed as "the Internet's largest marketplace for buying and selling …
Read More »Feds: Darby’s “Aunty Florence” turned food stamps into $$$ – Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
Feds: Darby's "Aunty Florence" turned food stamps into $$$Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)If you're a welfare recipient in Darby Borough, Aunty Florence's West African Food Market was the place to go, not for the fruits and veggies, but to convert food stamps into cash. That's what US Attorney Zane Memeger is alleging …
Read More »FedEx to buy France's Tatex in Europe push
US shipping giant FedEx said Thursday it has reached a deal to buy French rival Tatex as it seeks to expand its foothold in Europe. More: continued here
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