CNN International Post office faces cash shortage by end of yearBusinessWeekIt was a statement by Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe (DON-ah-hew), who said that unless things change, the post office will run out of money by October, the end of this fiscal year. Donahoe told the House post office subcommittee that …
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Daily Mail Letter postmarked Alabama arrives in California 66 years laterUSA TodayA letter postmarked Montgomery, Ala., apparently left the post office just fine, but by the time it arrived in California 66 years later, the Red Cross hospital named in the address had long since been torn down. …Letter arrives …
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24dash (press release) Countryside Alliance: Post Offices `could close by stealth`Politics.co.ukThe Countryside Alliance has warned that the latest removal of business to the Post Office network could result in them closing "by stealth." The Department of Work and Pensions has today given the contract of welfare cheques to PayPoint, …Post …
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The Iona Post Office will be moving locations before the end of March. The Post Office, which is currently located at AJ’s Country Diner on Talbot Line will be moved to the Holland House in Iona Station on March 21. More: continued here
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Read More »Canada Post grows two new stamps! – Daily Commercial News
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Read More »Ahead of iPad 2, trade-in prices falling on old iPads – USA Today
USA Today Ahead of iPad 2, trade-in prices falling on old iPadsUSA TodayMeanwhile, we're also seeing lots of iPad activity on eBay and Craigslist. Ebay's Instant Sale site — which operates in a manner similar to Gazelle — is still reporting comparably high buyback prices. This new secondary market is …
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My Strange Wisconsin ConnectionReason Gone MadSince 1978, when my fifth-grade teacher sparked an interest in world geography, I've collected stamps. Back then, money I earned as a newspaper-delivery boy went for glassine envelopes of stamps that arrived through the mail “on approval” – buy the …Canada Post grows two new …
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