New Postage Stamps Celebrate the Typewriter and Other Retro GadgetsChip ChickThe United States Postal Service is celebrating the Selectric's typewriter's birthday by honoring the typewriter and putting it on a new postage stamp. This new series of stamp, called the Forever Stamps, honors the IBM Selectric typewriter, …Selectric Typewriter Celebrating …
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Los Angeles Times Rural post offices tied to community identityDelmarva Daily TimesIn addition to the Tylerton and Ewell post locations, Evans said the island had a third post office on Rhodes Point that closed years ago. Before it had a post office, he said the area was called Rogue's Point …
Read More »Post Office Apologises For Major Computer Glitch – eWEEK Europe UK
BBC News Post Office Apologises For Major Computer GlitcheWEEK Europe UKThe Post Office has confirmed that a computer problem was responsible for a major system outage at its branch offices. The computer problem struck on Wednesday morning. It hit all credit card and debit card payments in all 11820 branches …
Read More »Rural America worried about post office closings – CBS MoneyWatch.com
Rural America worried about post office closingsCBS MoneyWatch.comby AP | Jul 28, 2011 11:19 AM ET | Comments In a July 27, 2011 photo, mail carrier Tamera Eskins, delivers mail to the Odd Post Office in Odd, W.Va. Eskins is concerned what will happen when the post office shuts down. …
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BC-US–Merchant Marine Stamps,112WGMEToday: Mostly sunny with a few fair weather clouds this afternoon. Highs 76 to 82. Coolest at the coast thanks to a wind off of the ocean. S winds 5-10 MPH MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Dow Chemical says its second-quarter profit surged 73 percent on a …and more » …
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EBay Inc., the world’s largest online marketplace, forecast sales that topped analysts’ estimates, spurred by growing demand for its PayPal payment service and the company’s recent spate of acquisitions. More: continued here
Read More »Merchant ships featured on new postage stamps – KSRO
Merchant ships featured on new postage stampsKSROA new set of postage stamps is honoring their tradition. On sale starting Thursday, the four Forever stamps are being released in ceremonies at Kings Point, NY, home of the US Merchant Marine Academy. The head of the US Maritime Administration, …Postal Service Salutes …
Read More »Dell, Ferrero, Lucasfilm, EBay, UMG: Intellectual Property – San Francisco Chronicle
Dell, Ferrero, Lucasfilm, EBay, UMG: Intellectual PropertySan Francisco Chronicle(This is a daily report on global news about patents, trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property topics. Updates with Smucker item in Trademark section.) July 28 (Bloomberg) — Dell Inc., the world's second- largest personal-computer maker, …Dell, Ferrero, Lucasfilm, EBay, UMG: Intellectual …
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Read More »Merchant ships featured on new postage stamps – BlueRidgeNow.com
Merchant ships featured on new postage stampsBlueRidgeNow.comA new set of postage stamps is honoring their tradition. A fire burns at the Macro Plastics Plant in Fairfield, Calif., on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The six-alarm fire in the eastern San Francisco Bay area city sent black smoke billowing hundreds of feet …
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