The Guardian Royal Mail inundated with Christmas job applicationsThe GuardianThis article has been taken down as it breached an embargo. It will relaunch after midnight on Saturday 29 October 2011. A Royal Mail van struggles through the snow in central Scotland.Trial will allow residents to have parcels dropped off at …
Read More »Using eBay to Study Racism – Wall Street Journal (blog)
Using eBay to Study RacismWall Street Journal (blog)In a controlled experiment, baseball cards held by black hands sold on eBay for 20% less than baseball cards held by white hands—demonstrating, the study's authors said, the persistence of a subtle kind of racism. … More: continued here
Read More »Prague makes its case for post office
There were a couple of things Wes Gronemyer wanted residents of Prague to take home from Thursday’s meeting about the possible closure of the village’s post office. More: continued here
Read More »Oconto post office on the chopping block – Lexington Clipper Herald
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Read More »Tichnor tries to save P.O.
A petition will soon be started in Tichnor to save the community’s post office. Residents say, if the post office is lost, they will also lose a part of their community identity. More: continued here
Read More »Ahead of SEMA, Ford Stamps a New ’65 Mustang Convertible
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Read More »LaSalle Road Post Office Property Will Be New Home to Rockville Bank – Patch.com
LaSalle Road Post Office Property Will Be New Home to Rockville BankPatch.comPost Office will remain open and will occupy a portion of the newly-renovated space on LaSalle Road. By Ronni Newton A prime piece of real estate in the heart of West Hartford Center has a new owner and will …
Read More »Developer Plans To Keep Post Office, Open Rockville Bank Branch On LaSalle Road
Follow Your Town News On The Courant’s West Hartford Facebook Page The LaSalle Road post office will remain open under current plans, but the building’s sale means the branch will have to share space with Rockville Bank. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Express Named Among Top Five of the Worlds Best Multinational Workplaces
The Great Place to Work® Institute today announced that FedEx Express, an operating company of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), has been named as one of the … More: continued here
Read More »Former postman finds infosec ‘fairytale’ – ZDNet UK (blog)
Former postman finds infosec 'fairytale'ZDNet UK (blog)Dan Summers, a former postman who now works for the Royal Mail as an information security specialist, has described his career break as being 'like a fairytale'. Summers won the UK Cyber Security Challenge in …and more » More: continued here
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