Royal Mail is facing another serious threat to its efforts to compete with private-sector rivals, just weeks after trades unions agreed to call a halt to a debilitating series of strikes during negotiations with the company. More: continued here
Read More »Nissan, FedEx Seek Electric-Car Target of 200 Million (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) — Electric vehicles should provide three-fourths of U.S. driving needs by 2040, with oil imports effectively “reduced to zero,” executives from companies including Nissan Motor Co. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Freight to Test Vision Industries’ Zero Emission Tyrano Truck (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—-FedEx Freight Corp., a leading provider of regional and long-haul less-than-truckload services in the U.S., and Vision Industries Corp. , producers of the zero emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell hybrid Tyrano™ truck, today announced that the companies have entered into an agreement to test a tractor powered by the …
Read More »HK to issue special stamps for East Asian Games (China Economic Net)
Hongkong Post Monday announced that a set of stamps based on the theme of “Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games” would be released for sale with associated philatelic products on December 5. More: continued here
Read More »Post office was $3.8 billion in the red last year (Newsday)
Audit: Despite staff, spending cuts post office lost $3.8 billion last year More: continued here
Read More »Monday newspaper round-up: J Sainsbury, Queens’s Speech, Royal Mail (ShareCast)
LONDON (SHARECAST) – Customers are deserting J Sainsbury for its leading rivals for the first time in the recession, it was revealed yesterday. More than £11m of spending was switched directly to its main competitors in the 12 weeks to November, according to confidential industry “switching” data. More: continued here
Read More »BRC announces BlueRibbon Christmas Auction Project – Examiner.com
BRC announces BlueRibbon Christmas Auction ProjectExaminer.comThe auction will officially launch December 1st on ebay. All proceeds will help BRC continue to champion multiple use recreation throughout our great … More: continued here
Read More »Parma Councilman Brian Day and Briggs Post Office branch sponsor food drive – Sun Star Courier
Parma Councilman Brian Day and Briggs Post Office branch sponsor food driveSun Star CourierThe project is a joint effort by Councilman Brian Day and the Briggs Post Office, 5611 State Road. Residents can take canned goods and dinner staples to the … More: continued here
Read More »Stamp Duty: A viable revenue option – Daily Sun
Stamp Duty: A viable revenue optionDaily SunBy Sun News Publishing The current efforts by the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) to revive Stamp Duty as a means of revenue generation, is a good idea …and more » More: continued here
Read More »DJ AM’s extensive shoe collection is now on eBay; 100% proceeds to charity – Examiner.com
Examiner.com DJ AM's extensive shoe collection is now on eBay; 100% proceeds to charityExaminer.com100% of the proceeds of the sales from the eBay auctions will go to the DJ AM Memorial Fund, helping others struggling with addiction. …The late DJ AM's collection of super-cool kicks headed for EBay — today!Los …
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