Motorized barstool sells for $1125 on ebayThe Newark AdvocateNEWARK — As the minutes ticked down toward the closing of an ebay bidding war for the motorized barstool that launched Newark, Ohio, into national headlines …Buyer Pays More Than A Thousand For Motorized Bar StoolNBC4i.comall 2 news articles » More: continued here
Read More »Poizner pours millions into campaign war chest – San Francisco Chronicle
Poizner pours millions into campaign war chestSan Francisco ChronicleThat figure is on par with the personal spending of Whitman, the former CEO of eBay. "We have a once in a generation opportunity to really fix and reform …Poizner to add $15M to campaign for Calif governorThe Associated PressInternal Affairs: Poizner's …
Read More »MAIL COMMENT: BA cabin crew strike is madness – Daily Mail
Daily Mail MAIL COMMENT: BA cabin crew strike is madnessDaily MailIndeed, if staff strike now, they will help nobody but their competitors – and, like the postmen of the Royal Mail, they will risk putting their employers …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Posties’ cards marked over ‘you were out’ notes – Scotsman
Posties' cards marked over 'you were out' notesScotsmanJust over a third of those surveyed described the collection of mail from Royal Mail and other delivery offices as "inconvenient". … More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail profits rise despite postal fall (Guardian Unlimited)
• Six months’ operating profit up 4% to £184m on last year • Impact of autumn strikes not included in figures, but CWU’s reaction is positive Royal Mail Group has grown its profits by £7m in the first half of the financial year despite another fall in the amount of …
Read More »Southern Highland Reader: Downtown Sylva notes including new life for old post office (Asheville Citizen-Times)
It’s hard to think of much that would bring more life to a quiet building than a dance academy, and that’s just what’s coming to Sylva’s old post office, located on Landis St., and closed since spring. More: continued here
Read More »Take it as red, John Cooper knows his post boxes – Scotsman
Take it as red, John Cooper knows his post boxesScotsmanFOR more than 50 years John Cooper has been making post boxes for the Royal Mail. And today his workmanship will be tested to the full on what is expected …'Mr post box' marks another XmasThe Press Associationall 13 news articles » …
Read More »FedEx, UPS gird for deluge (Arkansas News Bureau)
Shortly after 7 p.m. Monday, 12,000 FedEx employees in Memphis will stretch and flex in concert and gulp Christmas-colored sports drinks in preparation for processing 7,000 packages a minute. More: continued here
Read More »Atlantic City post office: Sturdy outside, barren inside (Press of Atlantic City)
Rachelle Knight, project development officer with the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, and Dan Douglas, public relations officer for the CRDA, tour the inside of the old Atlantic City post office at Pacific Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard. More: continued here
Read More »Delivering the holidays: FedEx, UPS step up business (The Toledo Blade)
By GARY T. PAKULSKI BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Just before rumbling out of the FedEx Ground delivery hub in Perrysburg Township, driver Dan Peake scribbles a message on a sticky note instructing a customer who is away from home about how to arrange for a package delivery. The 26-year-old knows that …
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