Gothamist New Stamp, New Movie: Could 2012 Be The Year Of Sylvia Plath?GothamistBeing in the post office is sort of like being in the bell jar, so it makes sense that the USPS is commemorating author and poet Sylvia Plath on a new stamp. The stamp will feature a photo …
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Royal Mail donates 3000 PCs to Africa and Latin AmericaIDG News ServiceRoyal Mail has donated 3000 PCs and laptops to charity Computer Aid International to be used in Africa and Latin America. Royal Mail has donated 3000 PCs and laptops to charity Computer Aid International to be used in Africa …
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Workers Cost Bosses £80 Million by Sending Personal PackagesMarketWatch (press release)The research, which was commissioned by parcel delivery and returns company Collect+ to mark the opening of the 4000th store in its network of corner shops, found that the reason people had goods delivered to work was frustration with Royal …
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Former Rep. Barbara Jordan has her own forever stampDallas Morning News (subscription) (blog)I was glad to read over the weekend that Barbara Jordan now has her own postage stamp. I used to be quite the stamp collector – I've still a family collection begun by my grandfather at about the …
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SEATTLE, Sept. 19 (UPI) — A Seattle-based eBay seller is asking $1 million for a Civil War-era photo he claims is evidence actor Nicolas Cage is a “vampire.” More: continued here
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TFTS (blog) Welcome to Geeks Corner on TFTS with Robert NelsonTFTS (blog)Remember when we discovered that tickets for the Apple World Wide Developers' Conference were doing a land-office business on eBay? Turns out that they're not the only electronics that find a nascent resale market: the tablets from the Microsoft …
Read More »EBay builds new division to woo developers – Reuters India
Wall Street Journal EBay builds new division to woo developersReuters IndiaVisitors chat next to the Ebay logo at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover March 2, 2011. By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ebay Inc is building a new division to woo developers and attract more merchants as the …
Read More »eBay seller: Nicolas Cage is a vampire – UPI.com
Zee News eBay seller: Nicolas Cage is a vampireUPI.com19 (UPI) — A Seattle-based eBay seller is asking $1 million for a Civil War-era photo he claims is evidence actor Nicolas Cage is a "vampire." The seller, who goes by the name Jack Mord, said the photo depicts a man nearly …
Read More »Stamps.com Becomes An Unlikely Winner (STMP, UPS, FDX) – 24/7 Wall St. (blog)
Stamps.com Becomes An Unlikely Winner (STMP, UPS, FDX)24/7 Wall St. (blog)Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ: STMP) is not just up in the double-digit percentage gains today. The company hit a 52-week high. Actually, this is a high going back to 2006. The company is an obvious winner of the Post Office woes …
Read More »Royal Mail takes on fewer Christmas temporary staff – Stock Market Wire
Royal Mail takes on fewer Christmas temporary staffStock Market WireStockMarketWire.com – The Royal Mail will take on fewer extra temporary staff than previously to assist with the Christmas mail. This is because of lower postal volumes. It aims to hire 18000 extra staff, 2000 fewer than last year. … More: …
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