Scotland Courier Lead Post Office reroutes in cost-saving effortBlack Hills PioneerLEAD — Changes are in store for the Lead Post Office carriers, but postal officials say impact to customers should be minimal. The US Postal Service will consolidate the carrier pick-up location of the Lead and Deadwood offices to the Deadwood …Five valley post offices…
SF Weekly (blog) Q&A: Chef Karl Wilder Talks About Living on Food StampsSF Weekly (blog)He doesn't spend his days cooking up fantastic gourmet food — he has taken the food stamps challenge, which means for the past month and a half, Wilder has limited himself to a budget of $1.33 per meal and struggles daily…
eBay announced that it has officially completed its acquisition of Magento, which it announced in June. eBay has owned a minority stake in the company since 2010. Now, it owns the whole thing. Magento is an open source e-commerce platform. … More: continued here
Got mail? Packaging, shipping firms readyFlorida TodayPostal changes could benefit shipping stores: Shipping stores like Mailman Joey's could see an uptick in sales, especially on weekends, if changes and closures come to the Post Office Dept. By Tim Shortt and Tim Walters Posted Aug. …and more » More: continued here
Looking at the online retail world in June, ComScore found Amazon tops with 20 percent of the global population, while eBay had 16 percent and Apple almost 10 percent. More: continued here
More than 662 million visitors, representing nearly 50 percent of the total worldwide internet audience, visited retail sites Amazon, eBay and Alibaba throughout June 2011, according to a report released August 17 by digital analysts Comscore. More: continued here
Canada Post honours BlackBerry, other Canadian inventionsVancouver SunCanada Post has put the ubiquitous smartphone on a stamp, as part of a new series of stamps released Wednesday that feature four Canadian inventions. The other three Canadian creations are the electric oven, the electric wheelchair and the cardiac …Canada Post puts a stamp on Canadian inventorsCanada…
ZDNet (blog) Amazon.com Reaches 20 Percent of the Entire InternetPC MagazineeBay follows Amazon as the number two retail site, reaching 16.2 percent of the worldwide Internet population or about 224 million visitors. China's Alibaba.com has the third-most extensive reach with 157 million visitors or 11.3 percent. …Think eBay is the top retail or auction site?…
Republicans Manipulate Unemployment Rates to Unseat Obama – Now Post Office…OB RagNow they are going after the Post Office which is considering laying off 120000 workers! This fiasco is being precipitated because the Republican Congress is forcing the Post Office to make overly huge payments into their pension fund thus causing a …and more » More:…
Authorities are on the lookout for two men who robbed a post office in Adams Run on Wednesday. The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Adams Run Post Office on 5190 Hwy174 for a report of an armed robbery. More: continued here