HMB post office plans to downsizeHalf Moon Bay Reviewby Clay Lambert Postal officials plan to sell and close the Half Moon Bay post office on Stone Pine Road next year and open a new, smaller branch in the area. Postal officials say the change will not affect service nor the …
Read More »GoodShop, eBay make gift-buying charitable – San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
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Read More »Post Offices to be Open, Mail Delivered on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve – Printing Impressions (press release)
Post Offices to be Open, Mail Delivered on Christmas Eve and New Year's EvePrinting Impressions (press release)21, 2011—All Post Offices nationwide will be open on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) and New Year's Eve (Dec. 31). Most will have shortened retail lobby hours and will close at noon. Mail delivery on …
Read More »Man sends tons of tweets via Post Office
Could you do Twitter via the mail? That’s the question writer Giles Turnbull posed (on Twitter), then went on to literally post his tweets by post, or snail mail: “Twitter is the contemporary postcard — social updates that are limited by size, but not imagination. More: continued here
Read More »eBay slouches into couch commerce
A consumer tells the eBay iPad app what’s on TV and up pop products on that show. Cheering on a favorite football team on TV and want to buy a jersey to show off allegiance? More: continued here
Read More »NFL Beats “Twilight,” Potter and Bieber in eBay ‘Top Shopped’ List
Wizards, vampires and even Justin Bieber couldn’t catch the National Football League this past year, as the NFL topped the third annual eBay “Top Shopped Report.” According to the world’s largest online marketplace, 1,837,834 pieces of memorabilia were sold unde r the NFL keyword in 2011, prompting eBay to declare …
Read More »Royal Mail admits ‘small number’ of temporary postal staff have not been paid – The Press, York
Royal Mail admits 'small number' of temporary postal staff have not been paidThe Press, YorkBy Dan Bean » Reporter DOZENS of temporary staff hired to help sort Christmas post for Royal Mail have been left unpaid for two weeks, they have said. Up to 60 workers who signed up to …
Read More »Stamps.com Shares Sinking Lower, Down 2.8% – Financial News Network Online
Stamps.com Shares Sinking Lower, Down 2.8%Financial News Network OnlineStamps.com (NASDAQ:STMP) is one of today's biggest movers, down 2.8% to $25.64. The S&P is currently trading 0.3% lower to 1237 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading 0.3% lower to 12072. Potential upside of 10.7% exists for Stamps.com, …and more » …
Read More »FedEx Addresses Tossed Monitor
It was the monitor toss seen ’round the world. FedEx has responded to a viral video that showed one of the company’s drivers throwing a (now broken) computer monitor over a fence. More: continued here
Read More »Report: 1 in 6 Floridians receive food stamps
A new government report shows one in six Floridians now depend on food stamps. More: continued here
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