ABC News Congress agrees on bin Laden action but not much elseWashington PostThe House approved naming a post office after an Oklahoma soldier killed in Iraq, and a Texas courthouse after presidents George HW Bush and George W. Bush. Congress's unofficial business — inter-party quarreling — also continued. The office of House …Palm Beach man…
PayPal's Pickup of Fig Card, the End of Eons, and the Bose-MIT Lovefest—Some …XconomyHere are three pieces of Boston-area tech news that are worth catching up on, and a few thoughts on each: —Fig Card, the mobile payments company that just started last year, was acquired by eBay, via its PayPal division, for an undisclosed…
The Consumerist What if USPS Really Listened?Huffington Post (blog)Earlier, I had stood in a long line at our neighborhood post office while the one postal clerk on duty valiantly tried to process all the customers. While waiting, I looked around and noted once that the run-down facility looks like something from the …USPS says no…
Fox News Australia Post to sell stamps commemmorating royal weddingHerald SunTHE ink on the wedding certificate isn't yet dry but images of the royal wedding will be available on commemorative stamps at Australia Post from tomorrow. The instant stamp issue is being released to complement the official stamps issued on April 12 …British Wedding Stamps…
Post office to relocate sorting operation in PikevilleLouisville Courier-JournalAP PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The US Postal Service is closing a mail sorting operation in Pikeville by the end of January, with the work moving to West Virginia. Postal service district manager James W. Kiser said the facility in Charleston, W.Va., …and more » More: continued here
CTV.ca Instant Aussie Royal Wedding stamps dub bride "Miss Catherine Middleton"Examiner.comNews just flashed from the Melbourne, Australia headquarters of Australia Post that an “instant” commemorative stamp issue is being released depicting a post-wedding photo of the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, aka Prince William and the former …Royal wedding stamp to be releasedHerald SunAustralia…
eBay buy MissionFish eBay for Charity administratorsTameBayeBay have just acquired MissionFish, the charity which administers collection of funds for items sold through eBay for Charity (known as eBay Giving Works in the US). MissionFish has been acquired from the Points of Light Institute and …eBay Acquires Nonprofit Fundraising Tool MissionFishTechCruncheBay Acquires WHERE, MissionFishWebProNewsall 3 news…
BALWYN traders and residents have had a small win in their fight with Australia Post for a fully functioning post office. More: continued here
The U.S. Postal Service is closing a mail sorting operation in Pikeville by the end of January, with the work moving to West Virginia. More: continued here
On Friday, 22.8 million Americans watched the royal wedding on TV, and Julia Roberts and Hillary Clinton are proud to say they were among them. More: continued here