Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) — Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc , the largest bank bailed out by the U.K., said it won’t redeem $1.6 billion of subordinated bonds early after regulators objected to using state aid to pay off lower-rated notes. More: continued here
Read More »Trying to Save the Saugatuck Post Office (WestportNow)
Congressman Jim Himes (l) (D-4) talks to a patron at Westport’s Saugatuck Post Office today as Westport First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff (c) confers with the building’s property manager. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Won’t Close – Fort Smith Times Record
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Read More »Fleet Street legend and Daily Mail columnist Keith Waterhouse dies aged 80 (Daily Mail)
The Billy Liar author, who retired earlier this year, spent 60 years in journalism, and wrote more than 2,000 columns for the Mail over a quarter of a century. More: continued here
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Read More »Joseloff: Postal Service Seeking to Move Westport Post Office (WestportNow)
On the day before the U.S. Postal Service is set to close the Saugatuck Post Office, Westport First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff said today he had been informed that plans are in the works to relocate Westport’s main post office as well. More: continued here
Read More »No change at post office (Jonesboro Sun)
JONESBORO — The city’s downtown post office retail services remain shut down, its fate still unknown in light of a shorter list of state locations facing closure or consolidation, according to Leisa Tolliver-Gay, customer relations coordinator for the United States Postal Service in Arkansas. More: continued here
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Sometimes all you need is a map to see where a company is going, or where it got on the wrong track. Take a look at the eBay acquisitions above plotted as a subway map created by the folks at MeetTheBoss . (They also did the same thing for Amazon …
Read More »Joseloff: Postal Service Seeking to Move Westport Post Office – Westport Now
Joseloff: Postal Service Seeking to Move Westport Post OfficeWestport NowOn the day before the US Postal Service is set to close the Saugatuck Post Office, Westport First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff said today he had been …Postal predicamentWestport-NewsTrying to Save the Saugatuck Post OfficeWestport NowPostal service to seek new locations …
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