House committee proposes cuts to food stamp funding, federal employee pensionsLubbockOnline.comThe cuts are mostly familiar, though a plan to cut food stamps goes well beyond a bipartisan proposal drafted last year. By LOGAN G. CARVER The US House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a measure to slash food stamp funding …
Read More »Postal processing center: Manchin proposes bill to keep Bluefield facility … – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
HNN Huntingtonnews.net Postal processing center: Manchin proposes bill to keep Bluefield facility …Bluefield Daily TelegraphVa., would grant dozens of local post offices, including the Bluefield Postal Processing and Distribution Center, a two-year reprieve from closure. Manchin introduced a bill Wednesday amending the postal reform bill to allow post offices and …
Read More »No Need to Stockpile Stamps – MarketWatch (press release)
No Need to Stockpile StampsMarketWatch (press release)Since Royal Mail announced these price increases they have capped the number of stamps shops can buy to stop customers stockpiling ahead of the April 30th price increase. Some retailers are running low on supplies of stamps as customers are buying them …Seven ways …
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U.S. Stock Futures Gain as Spain Meets Bond Sale TargetBloombergEBay Inc. jumped 7.9 percent in Germany after earnings at the world's largest Internet marketplace topped analysts' estimates. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. gained before reporting first-quarter earnings. Qualcomm Inc. slid after third-quarter …US Stock Futures Gain as Spain Meets Bond …
Read More »Casey proposal could save post office jobs locally – Scranton Times-Tribune
Casey proposal could save post office jobs locallyScranton Times-TribuneMr. Casey's move occurs as the Senate considers ways to stabilize the beleaguered Postal Service with a cash infusion while delaying most post office closings and an end to Saturday mail delivery. "He wants to preserve delivery and keep post offices…Delay postal …
Read More »Berlin Biennale showcases contemporary political art – Reuters
Berlin Biennale showcases contemporary political artReutersJarrar, 36, shot to international prominence last year by offering unofficial passport stamps of his own design to foreigners arriving in the occupied territories. For the Biennale, he created a postage stamp for the "State of Palestine" with a drawing …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Seven ways to beat Royal Mail postage cost Increases – Hell Mail
Seven ways to beat Royal Mail postage cost IncreasesHell MailSize based pricing was introduced by Royal Mail in 2006. Make the most of this scheme by switching from C4 envelopes to C5 or DL envelopes and enjoy a saving of 22p per letter which is a 41% saving. A number …
Read More »Food stamps, federal pensions face GOP cuts – WSLS
Food stamps, federal pensions face GOP cutsWSLSBy: ANDREW TAYLOR | AP WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans controlling the House are targeting food stamps, federal employee pensions, tax breaks for illegal immigrants and subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care law in a multifaceted drive to … More: continued here
Read More »Powder clears post office – Windsor Star
Powder clears post officeWindsor StarBy Dylan Kristy, The Windsor Star April 19, 2012 12:00 AM More than 90 Canada Post employees were evacuated from a downtown government building Wednesday after the discovery of a "suspicious white powder." Employees at the Paul Martin building in …and more » More: continued here
Read More »No Need to Stockpile Stamps
ROMFORD, UNITED KINGDOM– – From April 30th the price of a 1st Class stamp will rise from 46p to 60p and the price of a 2nd Class stamp will rise from 36p to 50p.Since Royal Mail announced these price … More: continued here
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