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Read More »O’Hair takes 1-shot lead over Woods, others (Park Hills Daily Journal)
ATLANTA (AP) — Sean O’Hair got a putting tip from Tiger Woods and put it to good use Thursday in the Tour Championship, opening with a 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead in the final FedEx Cup playoff event. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail postpones marketing plans (Mad.co.uk)
Royal Mail has postponed some of its planned marketing campaigns and is reviewing future activity in light of the planned national strike by postal workers. More: continued here
Read More »Chiefs-Redskins Preview (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
The Washington Redskins are undefeated at FedEx Field this season, but there isn’t a lot of optimism surrounding their return home this week. The Redskins will try to avoid losing to a winless opponent for the third time in four weeks Sunday when they host a Kansas City Chiefs team …
Read More »Effingham post office robbed at gunpoint (Savannah Morning News)
EDEN – U.S. Postal inspectors and Effingham County sheriff’s deputies are investigating an armed robbery at the Eden Post Office about noon today. Two masked men walked into the post office, jumped the counter, held a postal worker at gunpoint and took an undisclosed amount of money from the cash …
Read More »EBay to lay off several dozen employees (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
EBay Inc. expects to lay off several dozen workers as part of an internal restructuring plan. The online marketplace operator had said in a Sept. 21 post on its eBay Ink blog that it was making several organizational changes. More: continued here
Read More »Leading article: The Royal Mail risks the destruction of its own future (Independent)
For the second time in two years, a nationwide postal strike is looming. The Royal Mail management and the Communication Workers Union are on a collision course which seems destined to end in walkouts by postal workers across the country by the end of the month. More: continued here
Read More »The last post: The Business Secretary says Royal Mail strike is a ‘suicidal act’ (Independent)
Emergency talks will take place with postal workers today to avert a national strike that would halt deliveries of 75 million letters and parcels daily, cost tens of millions of pounds and accelerate the loss of corporate business that imperils the Royal Mail’s long-term future. More: continued here
Read More »London’s Royal Mail Workforce Goes on Strike (Fox News)
Royal Mail’s entire London-based workforce went on strike Wednesday, as management and representatives continue talks over pay and conditions to avert a nationwide walk-out, a key postal workers union claimed, according to Times of London. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Robbed at Gunpoint (WSAV Savannah)
Eden, Georgia post office robbed by two men wearing masks More: continued here
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