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Museum chronicles history of mailThe Press AssociationThe British Postal Museum and Archive will move from its current location in the capital to the nearby Mount Pleasant site, where the country's oldest mail centre is based. The Royal Mail and Post Office is giving a £500000 grant and there will be …
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FedEx Corp. said Thursday its profit between December and February more than doubled as its ground and freight segments shipped more packages and charged higher prices.In its fiscal third quarter, the … More: continued here
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