Post Office cash machines rejected Santander cardThe GuardianMy elderly parents had an Alliance & Leicester account and every week paid in their state pension at the Post Office. It was a straightforward operation. But when their card was replaced with a Santander card, this was refused by the Post Office… …
Read More »EBay finds back door into Chinese market
There’s always been one sure way to make executives at the online marketplace eBay cringe: ask them about China. In 2003, eBay paid $150 million to buy EachNet, at the time China’s top e-commerce site. Chief Executive… More: continued here
Read More »Taxing times: Americans pay less in taxes than many other industrialized nations – Naples Daily News
Taxing times: Americans pay less in taxes than many other industrialized nationsNaples Daily NewsNaples Main Post Office, 1200 Goodlette-Frank Road N. Coco River Post Office, 1130 Creekside Way, North Naples. Cape Coral Central Post Office, 1030 Southeast Ninth Ave. WASHINGTON — Americans pay much less in taxes than most other …
Read More »Royal Mail to start delivering babies – NewsBiscuit (satire)
NewsBiscuit (satire) Royal Mail to start delivering babiesNewsBiscuit (satire)The Royal Mail has announced today that it is to extend its range of delivery services into the midwifery sector. 'From next week postmen and women will be delighted to provide 'home-birthing' to expectant couples by delivering their newborn child … More: …
Read More »Monday Deadline to File Income Tax, Register to Vote – Patch.com
Monday Deadline to File Income Tax, Register to VotePatch.comDon't expect your local Post Office to be open late this weekend as the deadline for filing your incomes taxes nears, local and national officials tell Patch. Media Post Office will operate under it's normal business hours, 8:30 am to 5 pm …
Read More »Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 15 April – The Caledonian Mercury
The Caledonian Mercury Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 15 AprilThe Caledonian MercuryThe Scottish Greens set out plans for the next Scottish Parliament to protect Royal Mail in Scotland from the privatisation planned by UK Ministers. Greens will seek to open negotiations with UK Ministers with the objective of retaining the Royal …
Read More »E-Commerce Tools Giant Toolbox Reach Ebay Milestone – Benzinga
E-Commerce Tools Giant Toolbox Reach Ebay MilestoneBenzingaWhat started as a minor project to go with the other Ebay shop that the company owns. The Toolbox Ebay shop has become a roaring success in a very short time Toolbox, the fastest growing online retailer of tools in the UK, has recently …
Read More »DCF Calls Out Fake Food Stamp Website – First Coast News
DCF Calls Out Fake Food Stamp WebsiteFirst Coast NewsThe Division of Children and Families is calling a website that purports to help people apply for food stamps online a scam. According to spokesperson John Harrell, getfoodstampsnow.org is not a place for people to turn to online as a means to …
Read More »Electrical fire at Post Office
Smoke emitting from the front of the Sulphur Springs Post Office led to an evacuation of the building early Saturday morning. The situation was rectified within 30 minutes and no injuries were reported More: continued here
Read More »Economix: The Price of Printing Bad Stamps – New York Times (blog)
Los Angeles Times Economix: The Price of Printing Bad StampsNew York Times (blog)But the post office's assurances that it likes the design anyway may have less to do with aesthetics and more to do with the potential cost of replacing the billions of stamps already printed by three different firms …
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