eBay believes it can bring its PayPal payment method to cash registers in the offline world. After reporting second-quarter revenue growth of 25% to $2.8 billion, eBay CEO John Donahoe told analysts on Wednesday that there is a blending of online and offline into a new global commerce landscape. More: …
Read More »Lynbrook Post Office to be Named for Jeffrey Wiener – Patch.com
Lynbrook Post Office to be Named for Jeffrey WienerPatch.comAt 11 am today, the Lynbrook Post Office will be renamed in honor of Navy Corpsman Jeffrey Wiener, a former Lynbrook firefighter with Tally-Ho Company. Wiener was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 7, 2005, in an ambush and …and more » …
Read More »Fairbanks FedEx driver revving for championship
FAIRBANKS , Alaska — Kirt Hartshorn is headed to Orlando, Fla., next month, but a visit with Mickey Mouse isn’t on the agenda for the father of six. Instead, the Fairbanks-based FedEx driver will be spending his five-day vacation doing something a lot like the work he does back home. …
Read More »In pictures: 2012 Olympic stamps
A set of 10 stamps is unveiled by Royal Mail to mark the one-year countdown to the London 2012 Olympics More: continued here
Read More »Just another day at the (post) office
SAM SOTTOSANTO PARIS — There’s nothing Jennifer Abernathy doesn’t like about her job at the Paris Post Office. More: continued here
Read More »Fate of Enders post office subject of community meeting – Wauneta Breeze
Fate of Enders post office subject of community meetingWauneta BreezeBy Josh Sumner Approximately 35 Enders citizens came to the Church of the Brethren last Wednesday to find out what, if anything, can be done to save their town's post office. Western Nebraska Post Office Operations Manager Kathy Hand led the …
Read More »Big plans for the old Chicago post office – WBEZ
Chicago Tribune Big plans for the old Chicago post officeWBEZ22, 2011 The old Chicago post office that lies across the Eisenhower Expressway could be redeveloped into residential and entertainment space. Laurence Booth is an architect with the post office's reconstruction team. He's planning on the project …Old Chicago post office …
Read More »Apply now for food stamps at Urbandale food pantry – DesMoinesRegister.com
Apply now for food stamps at Urbandale food pantryDesMoinesRegister.comThe Des Moines Area Religious Council has partnered with the state Department of Human Services to create outreach sites where people can sign up for the federal food stamp program, called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. … More: continued here
Read More »Postal Service Announces Social Media Favorite Stamp Vote
Contact: Mark Saunders, +1-202-268-6524, mark.r.saunders@usps.gov More: continued here
Read More »DM sector slams ‘arrogant’ Royal Mail over Mark Design Specification change – printweek.com
DM sector slams 'arrogant' Royal Mail over Mark Design Specification changeprintweek.comRoyal Mail has been slammed for its decision to alter the Mark Design Specification (MDS) by introducing a Delivered by Royal Mail mark to all machineable UK post. Mailing houses have accused the postal operator of …Will Royal Mail's'delivered by' …
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