Post Office awards broadband contract ‘worth £500m’
The Post Office has awarded Fujitsu a five-year contract to deliver a broadband network and customer care and billing solutions. More: continued here
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True tales of tech execs gone wild – InfoWorld
Canada.com (blog) True tales of tech execs gone wildInfoWorldIt appears the same goes for Langenbach, who is charged with scamming Target stores out of more than 2100 Legos sets, then selling the kits on eBay for roughly $30000. Langenbach got caught on tape buying the mismarked Legos, and he was arrested with …Silicon Valley exec…
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12 arrested at 'Occupy' post office protest
PORTLAND — Portland police say they arrested a dozen people at a protest Thursday at the University Station post office. Lt. Robert King says the demonstrators arrested for criminal trespass were those who refused to leave and wanted to be arrested. In a statement, demonstrators said more than 100 people showed up with two large…
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Watch the real Olympic relay – on eBay – Financial Times
Financial Times Watch the real Olympic relay – on eBayFinancial TimesBy Robert Shrimsley Talk about getting into the spirit of the Olympics: within hours of the London 2012 flame being lit, eBay was filling up with people offering to sell the torches they are due to carry over the next few weeks.Sean McGuire: Nothing wrong…
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Post offices stay open, but hours face big cuts – Mariposa Gazette
Post offices stay open, but hours face big cutsMariposa GazetteBy Erik Skindrud County post offices that faced the threat of closure last year will stay open—but five local post offices now face drastically reduced hours. The five post offices are located at Cathey's Valley, El Portal, Fish Camp, Hornitos and … More: continued here
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One in 14 first class letters delivered late – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk One in 14 first class letters delivered lateTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail handles 59million letters and parcels every day but refuses to say how many of those are sent first class. Second Class stamped and meter franked mail – about half of all stamped and franked mail – beat its target with a 98.7 per cent …and…
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Government taking new steps to combat food stamp fraud – Elizabethton Star
Government taking new steps to combat food stamp fraudElizabethton StarBy AP WASHINGTON (AP) — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government for … More: continued here
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Groupon Said to Test Credit-Card Reader Rivaling EBay’s PayPal – BusinessWeek
VentureBeat Groupon Said to Test Credit-Card Reader Rivaling EBay's PayPalBusinessWeekBy Douglas MacMillan on May 25, 2012 Groupon Inc., the largest daily coupon website, is testing a credit card-reader for merchants that could vie with similar devices offered by Square Inc. and EBay's PayPal Inc., a person with knowledge of the matter …Report: Groupon is testing…
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FedEx eyes Kansai regional hub
U.S. carrier FedEx Corp. is finalizing arrangements to make Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture its base for collecting shipments in Northeast Asia, sources said Friday. FedEx and Kansai airport are expected to reach a deal in the near future, the sources said. More: continued here
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One in 14 first class letters delivered late last year – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk One in 14 first class letters delivered late last yearTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail handles 59million letters and parcels every day but refuses to say how many of those are sent first class. Second Class stamped and meter franked mail – about half of all stamped and franked mail – beat its target with a 98.7 per…