Post office expects $18B annual loss without cutsMonterey County HeraldIn 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 … More: continued here
Numismatically speaking, food stamps are remarkable. They tell us a story about the most ambitious system of food aid ever created. More: continued here
Ed Weiland thought Jeremy Lin's numbers looked impressive, so he published his thoughts on a basketball site–in 2010. No one cared. But now that site can't handle the traffic. Originally posted at Technically Incorrect More: continued here
Post office expects $18B annual loss without cutsSacramento BeeIn 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 … More: continued here
Statement: "In the last two years we've (had) a 65 percent increase, and from November to December last year, in one month, we saw a 9 percent increase," county Supervisor Ron Roberts said in an inter More: continued here
MercoPress UN postal union acquires world's first postage stamp issued in 1840MercoPressThe United Nations postal union reported this week it has acquired what is probably the world's best-known stamp– the Penny Black – which was issued 172 years ago and shows a profile image of United Kingdom's Queen Victoria on a black background.Universal Postal Union…
Post office expects $18B annual loss without cutsSan Jose Mercury NewsIn 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 … More: continued here
AuctionBytes Blog (blog) 'Stupidest idiot in the world' sells safe containing $26000 on eBay for $122.93Perth 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…
PayPal Says Its In-Store Payments Service Is SafeWall Street JournalThe comments underscore the high stakes traditional credit-card companies are placing on digital payments, a market also being targeted by the likes of technology companies Google Inc. (GOOG), PayPal parent eBay Inc. (EBAY) and Verizon Wireless.Visa executive slams PayPal in-store serviceMarketWatchPayPal transaction margins to be compressed…
Post Office Expects $18B Annual Loss Without CutsNPRIn 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 … More: continued here