Apple, Others Team Up for $2B HospitalThe Mac ObserverApple, along with Intel, HP, Oracle, eBay and Intuit have teamed up to help fund a new hospital worth about US$2 billion at the Stanford Medical Center in California. The corporate partners are expected to donate some $150 million towards the project …
Read More »Business association president, Margaret Bork, leads campaign against potential post office closure
YARDLEY BOROUGH – “Say no to closing the Yardley Post Office,” reads the heading of an e-mail distributed by Margaret Bork, president of the Yardley Business Association (YBA). More: continued here
Read More »Latest from the PayPal Mafia? A startup to help other startups – San Jose Mercury News
VentureBeat Latest from the PayPal Mafia? A startup to help other startupsSan Jose Mercury NewsNot only was he one of the company's first two dozen employees, but he also wrote "The PayPal Wars," the seminal insider account of its rise, near-fall and eventual sale to eBay for $1.5 billion. Now …
Read More »Woman beaten, robbed outside Corvallis Post Office – KOIN Local 6
Woman beaten, robbed outside Corvallis Post OfficeKOIN Local 6A woman was beaten and robbed outside the downtown Corvallis post office early Monday morning, Corvallis Police reports. Sometime between 6:30 and 7 am a man approached the woman from behind and hit her several times with a blunt object, said Cord …
Read More »No mail damaged in truck fire at Norfolk post office – The Virginian-Pilot
No mail damaged in truck fire at Norfolk post officeThe Virginian-PilotA tractor-tailer caught fire this morning while was parked at a dock at the Main Post Office at Brambeton Avenue and Church Street. The fire was reported shortly after 4 am, said Battalion Chief Harry Worley, spokesman for Norfolk … …
Read More »Magazine publishers express concern over Royal Mail price hikes – The Drum
Magazine publishers express concern over Royal Mail price hikesThe DrumPublishing body the PPA has described Postcomm's decision to allow Royal Mail to double the permitted price increases on bulk mail as "shortsighted". The PPA said that Royal Mail will ultimately pay the price for the Postcomm decision on costs and …
Read More »Post office chief promises to tackle queuing times – Haringey Independent
Post office chief promises to tackle queuing timesHaringey IndependentHORNSEY and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone met Post Office bosses to discuss steps to cut queuing times last Monday, February 14. The Liberal Democrat politician talked with Richard Baker, manager of the Post Office network, …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail has spent £5m on rubber bands in five years – myHermes
Newbury Weekly News Group Royal Mail has spent £5m on rubber bands in five yearsmyHermesRoyal Mail has spent almost £5 million on red rubber bands over the last five years, as new figures have shown parcel delivery workers at the communications firm get through two million every day. Now, Keep …
Read More »8 Tips For Creating a Successful eBay Storefront – Mashable
AuctionBytes Blog (blog) 8 Tips For Creating a Successful eBay StorefrontMashableIf the Internet has a quaint pastime, selling stuff on eBay is probably it. Before a thriving e-commerce sprouted a handful of platforms on which anyone can sell anything to anyone else, there was a slightly thrilling novelty to participating …
Read More »DC Post Office To Be Named In Honor Of Dr. Dorothy Height
9NEWS NOW’s Andrea Roane will be the mistress of ceremonies Tuesday in Northeast Washington. More: continued here
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