Post office to cut 7,500 jobs, close Carol Stream office

By Dow Jones Newswires-Wall Street Journal Posted today at 6:26 a.m. The U.S. Postal Service will cut 7,500 managers and shut the Carol Stream and six other district offices, responding to record losses and declining mail volume as more people communicate by e-mail and texts and pay bills online. More: …

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Dangerous post office raider jailed – Bury Times

Dangerous post office raider jailedBury TimesA dangerous raider who brought terror to an elderly couple running a village post office, has been jailed for nine years. Micah Buckle, 25, had been disguised and armed with a sledge hammer, when he and a masked accomplice burst into the Edenfield Post …and …

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Royal Mail seeks media planner and buyer – The Drum

Royal Mail seeks media planner and buyerThe DrumThe four-year contract will see a single operator appointed to implement recommendations around media planning and buying as well as auditing the competiveness of media purchase pricing. A budget of between £20000 and £100000 will be allotted to this …and more » More: continued …

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Postman attack on Leeds estate halts deliveries – BBC News

Daily Mail Postman attack on Leeds estate halts deliveriesBBC NewsPostal deliveries were suspended to a Leeds estate after a Royal Mail employee was attacked by youths throwing bottles. The firm suspended Saturday deliveries to addresses in Scott Hall Grove, Scott Hall Walk and Scott Hall Place on 12 and 19 …

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2011 Royal Mail tariff: April/May price increases – TameBay

2011 Royal Mail tariff: April/May price increasesTameBayby Chris Dawson Royal Mail have announced their price changes for this year. There are two different price changes, one tariff for stamps and franking (opens in .pdf) customers which comes into effect on the 4th April 2011 and another tariff for … More: …

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Lorrie Norrington joins Autodesk board – San Jose Business Journal

Lorrie Norrington joins Autodesk boardSan Jose Business JournalNorrington has more than 30 years of operating experience in technology, software and Internet businesses, most recently as president of eBay Inc.'s Marketplace. Before joining San Jose-based eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) she was president and CEO of Shopping.com …Autodesk Announces Appointment of Lorrie M. Norrington …

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