At a time when many companies are putting the brakes on large-scale projects, FedEx Global Supply Chain Services Inc. is undertaking a $1 million expa…. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Expands Freight Forwarding Presence Globally (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—-FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and growing international ocean and air freight forwarder, today announced its expanded global presence with new freight forwarding offices in Asia and Latin America. More: continued here
Read More »Sergio Garcia needs good showing to make FedEx Cup Playoffs (Sports Illustrated)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The next two weeks might go a long way toward determining what Sergio Garcia does this fall. More: continued here
Read More »Playing Post Office (San Diego Reader)
The Centre City Development Corp. is paying $10,160 to Heritage Architecture to create a “list of potential new uses, creative adaptive reuse design scenarios and provide cost-estimating services for the selected alternatives,” for rehabilitating the old downtown post office building on E Street, according to a July contract. More: continued …
Read More »Bids Start at $300,000 for Chicago’s Old Post Office (New York Times)
After 13 years of failed redevelopment efforts, the United States Postal Service is giving up and auctioning off its largest vacant property: the hulking 2.7-million-square-foot old central post office of Chicago, The New York Times’s Robert Sharoff reported. More: continued here
Read More »More stores offer more products for food stamp users and WIC families – WEAU-TV 13
More stores offer more products for food stamp users and WIC familiesWEAU-TV 13And those items carried here at a Kwik Trip in Eau Claire all qualify for the food stamp program. "We get anywhere from it could be about 20 transactions a … More: continued here
Read More »Senate boosts food stamps as unemployment rises (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Senate on Tuesday passed a $124.3 billion agriculture spending bill that pays to add millions of people to the food stamp rolls as rising numbers of the jobless are forced into the program. More: continued here
Read More »Less snail mail, more red ink at post office (San Francisco Chronicle)
Buffeted by the recession and the popularity of e-mail and electronic bill payment, the Postal Service lost $2.4 billion from April through June, officials said Wednesday. That brings the year’s losses so far to $4.7 billion. And the Postal Service expects to… Sponsored Topics: Fiscal year – Postal Service – …
Read More »Shrine set up for doomed postbox (Channel 4)
A doomed postbox due to be removed by Royal Mail has been turned into a shrine by residents mourning its impending loss. Poems, flowers and “rest in peace” messages have been attached to the red and black pillarbox in Bedminster, Bristol. More: continued here
Read More »BlackBerry Onyx, desperate for attention, sells self on eBay (Engadget)
Still waiting for BlackBerry’s Onyx to hit the retail thoroughfares? You’re not alone. Despite this thing being spotted on the town months ago it’s still not available through proper channels — but then there’s always eBay, where a “pre-release” Onyx is now available for you bidding pleasure. The AT&T-bound smartphone …
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