NewsNet5.com State's flag stamp makes its arrivalChillicothe GazetteAP The new stamp honoring Ohio includes the state's pennant-shaped flag, a butterfly and milkweed plants along a riverbank. / ap COLUMBUS — The state flag of Ohio is featured on a new postage stamp. The US Postal Service said the flag appears …
Read More »Stamps, Riders meet again – The Province
CBC.ca Stamps, Riders meet againThe ProvinceThe Riders and Stamps are to meet again on Oct. 3 and Oct. 21 Calgary. WHAT'S AHEAD: The Roughriders travel to Toronto to play the Argonauts on Thursday. The Stampeders head into their bye week after today's game. They resume play on Aug. …Stamps in …
Read More »Massachusetts stamps out anti-tobacco funding
State leaders have gutted funding for anti-tobacco initiatives more than 90 percent in the last 10 years, leading to fewer spot checks of retail stores for cigarette sales to minors, cuts to programs that help smokers quit and diminished prevention campaigns. More: continued here
Read More »EBay completes $240M acquisition of Zong – BusinessWeek
Siliconrepublic.com EBay completes $240M acquisition of ZongBusinessWeekEBay Inc. said Thursday that it has completed its $240 million acquisition of mobile payments provider Zong. Zong lets people use their mobile phones to buy virtual goods inside social networks and online games. To use it, they enter their phone …eBay Completes Acquisition …
Read More »M&A Activity Around The Globe: EBAY, Zong, GMR Energy, Golden Energy, SWSH … – NewsyStocks.com
M&A Activity Around The Globe: EBAY, Zong, GMR Energy, Golden Energy, SWSH …NewsyStocks.comEBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) said that it has completed the acquisition of Zong, a leading mobile payments provider. In accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreement announced on July 7, 2011, eBay acquired Zong for total consideration …
Read More »WVU FedEx Football Game Irks Morgantown Merchants
Word that one of West Virginia’s 2012 football games will be played at FedEx Field isn’t sitting well with Morgantown businesses. More: continued here
Read More »Post office asks to lay off 120,000 workers
Hundreds of thousands of postal workers could soon lose their jobs, or face drastic changes to their benefits. More: continued here
Read More »Grays Harbor town gets ‘village’ post office – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Grays Harbor town gets 'village' post officeSeattle Post Intelligencer(AP) — With a small celebration and ribbon cutting on Wednesday, Red's Hop-In Mart in Malone is now home to a "village post office." The town's post office had been under review for closure because it wasn't doing much business, said Katherine …
Read More »Post office users react to possible closure – Madison.com
Post office users react to possible closureMadison.comThe US Postal Service is considering closing some 41 post offices in Wisconsin. One of them is in Sextonville, in rural Richland County. Take a ride on the Capitol Pedaler, a 14 passenger bicycle which offers riders a unique way to traverse the city. …
Read More »Post Office Considers Another Round of Layoffs
WASHINGTON (Indiana’s NewsCenter) – The U.S. Postal Service has cut more than 100,000 jobs over the last four years, and might turn around and do that again over the next four years. More: continued here
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