Postal Service to move out of main Menlo officeThe Almanac OnlineThe US Postal Service plans to move its operations out of its main Menlo Park post office at 3875 Bohannon Drive as part of a nationwide effort to cut costs. The Postal Service plans to move about 50 Menlo Park carries to Palo Alto in…
DeVone Claybrooks has rubbed his belly for the last time as a Canadian Football League player. More: continued here
Bloomberg Rich NJ county among national leaders in rising food stamp clientsBangor Daily NewsHunterdon, whose 2010 median household income of $97874 was the highest in New Jersey and fourth-highest in the country, saw food-stamp usage surge 513 percent between 2007 and 2010. The percentage of US households using food stamps more than doubled …Census: Hunterdon…
EBay On The Prowl in Oz and This Christmas' Top ToysWall Street Journal (blog)By Geoffrey Rogow The mantra of Australia's largest retail stores may soon be 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em', says eBay's Australian unit. As Australia's currency has ballooned to levels not seen in three decades this year, the country's largest …and…
Bloomberg eBay and retailers counter Amazon Price Check with $10 PayPal discountThe VergeNow eBay is offering $10 coupons for shoppers that go straight to the source. Spending at least $100 with eBay-owned PayPal at the websites for Dick's Sporting Goods, Aeropostale, Toys "R" Us, or Babies "R" Us (the eBay stores for the latter two…
As the U.S. Postal Service prepares for its busiest mailing day of the year, shoppers are scrambling to send their holiday gifts and cards in time for Christmas. More: continued here
CTV.ca Local post offices get reprieve from closure, but hours will be cutPress of Atlantic CityA sign on the door notifies customers that the hours have been cut back at the Linwood Post Office off Shore Road. A handful of local US Postal Service locations slated for possible closing or merger were notified last week…
BBC News America's disappearing post officesBBC NewsThe post office has long been a core part of almost every community in America, yet the future looks bleak for the United States Postal Service. In a bid to dig itself out of a $10 billion deficit, the USPS is considering cutting 120000 jobs and … More: continued…
Oil stamps boost for thousands in fuel povertyLarne TodayAn oil saving stamps scheme which has spared pensioners and families all over Northern Ireland the choice of turning up the thermostat or doing without other essentials will soon be available in Larne. The scheme enables people to buy £5 stamps to help … More: continued here
Royal Mail collection desks are failing to meet the rise of internet shopping, with customers waiting up to 90 minutes for parcels. More: continued here