The Honor of Your Postage Is RequestedNew York TimesFiguring that a majority of couples are still choosing traditional printed invitations for their weddings, rather than “e-vites” and other Web communications tools, the Postal Service has been issuing stamps featuring cakes, flowers, gold bands and … More: continued here
Read More »Feds should keep Trump’s name off Old Post Office – Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner Feds should keep Trump's name off Old Post OfficeWashington ExaminerThe General Services Administration has chosen Trump to renovate the Old Post Office, a gem on Pennsylvania Avenue. The classic structure at the White House end of America's Main Street is federal property, unfortunately, so the feds were in …
Read More »Post office: $18B loss without cuts, rate increase – Newsday
Post office: $18B loss without cuts, rate increaseNewsdayClick here Post office: $18B loss without cuts, rate increase Originally published: February 16, 2012 4:34 PM Updated: February 16, 2012 6:06 PM By The Associated Press HOPE YEN (Associated Press) (AP) — Mired in red ink, the US Postal Service is …and …
Read More »Post office: $18B loss without Saturday cuts, rate increase
Mired in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service is warning it will lose as much as $18.2 billion a year by 2015 unless Congress grants it new leeway to eliminate Saturday delivery, slow first-class mail by one day and raise the price of a postage stamp by as much as …
Read More »Appalachian Trail hikers’ NH post office to close – San Jose Mercury News
Appalachian Trail hikers' NH post office to closeSan Jose Mercury NewsBy HOLLY RAMER AP CONCORD, NH—Residents of a small village in New Hampshire's White Mountains have lost their fight to save their post office, one of several catering to hikers walking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. More: continued …
Read More »Post office: $18B loss without cuts, rate increase – Boston.com
USA TODAY Post office: $18B loss without cuts, rate increaseBoston.comThe plan, for instance, notes that if the post office could raise current stamp prices from 45 cents to 50 cents, either in a single year or over a multiyear period, it could bring in new revenue of roughly $1 billion.Post …
Read More »Post Office Expects $18B Annual Loss – MyFox Phoenix
Post Office Expects $18B Annual LossMyFox PhoenixIn a letter to Congress, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe describes a five-year business plan that reiterates the mail agency's proposals to switch to five-day delivery, close up to 252 mail-processing centers and 3700 local post offices and slow …and more » More: continued here
Read More »No U-turn on Bute’s ‘local’ post box – Buteman
No U-turn on Bute's 'local' post boxButemanTHE Royal Mail has insisted – again – that transporting second class local mail from Bute to Glasgow for sorting, and then bringing it back to the island to be delivered, is the “fastest and most efficient method” of dealing with the post. More: …
Read More »Safe bet pays off for lucky eBay buyer – Adelaide Now
AuctionBytes Blog (blog) Safe bet pays off for lucky eBay buyerAdelaide NowNow a Tennessee man is regretting his eBay sign-off after selling a safe containing $US26,000 … for $122.93. "I thought it was empty," he told WMC-TV. "I shook it and I didn't feel anything inside of it, so I …
Read More »Post office expects $18B annual loss without cuts – The Seattle Times
AllGov Post office expects $18B annual loss without cutsThe Seattle TimesIn a letter to Congress, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe describes a five-year business plan that reiterates the mail agency's proposals to switch to five-day delivery, close up to 252 mail-processing centers and 3700 local post offices and slow …Democratic senators …
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