LONDON: The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is looking at whether it should write off a significant amount of the Royal Mail’s debts to the National Loans Fund (NLF), according to people familiar with the matter. More: continued here
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A Michigan man who won a $2 million lottery jackpot is still receiving food stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Next up on the bailout list: The mailman? – Fortune (blog)
Reuters Next up on the bailout list: The mailman?Fortune (blog)The details for the latter arguments are contained in this 2010 report from the Office of Inspector General of the United States Postal Service. Here's what I learned from the report. In 1971, the Post Office Department of the US government …
Read More »Meeting Set on Lincoln Post Office Consolidation
A public meeting is set on a proposal by the U.S. Postal Service to move some mail processing operations at the Lincoln downtown post office to Omaha to lower costs and increase efficiency. More: continued here
Read More »Cora post office faces closure after 119 years – Pinedale Roundup
Cora post office faces closure after 119 yearsPinedale RoundupThe Cora Post Office— the 119-year-old historic community center — is one of eight post offices in Wyoming facing a possible closure. Residents using the post office were notified earlier this month with a letter from the US Postal Service (USPS). …Citizens …
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South Carolina man who bought Porsche Carrera GT on eBay complains of mechanical defects, sues seller. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps, Argos stage four player swap – Calgary Herald
Sportsnet.ca Stamps, Argos stage four player swapCalgary HeraldThe Stamps have sent import slotback PK Sam and Canadian defensive tackle Miguel Robede to the Argos in return for Canadian D-lineman Adrian Davis and import receiver Reggie McNeal. The teams also swapped negotiation list players in the deal. …Argos, Stamps make six-player …
Read More »Post Office to Open New Office on North Mesa
EL PASO- The United States Postal Service will open a new Contract Postal Unit on North Mesa at 9 a.m. on May 23. read more More: continued here
Read More »New stamps honouring piloting launched – Royal Gazette
Bernews New stamps honouring piloting launchedRoyal GazettePhoto by Mark Tatem Bermuda pilots and retired pilots look at a poster depicting one of the new stamps released in the Piloting Bermuda; Pioneers of Progress stamp cover that was launched yesterday outside of the General Post Office on …Photos: Launch Of Stamps …
Read More »Cashing in on baldness: Follically-challenged man uses eBay to sell … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Cashing in on baldness: Follically-challenged man uses eBay to sell …Daily MailThe 26-year-old is selling the bizarre advertising space on internet auction site eBay. The father-of-two from Shoreditch, London, has already sold his first bald-patch ad space for £215 which he plans to donate to the charity the …
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