KUALA LUMPUR : Pos Malaysia Berhad will issue a special collection of stamps and first-day covers featuring traditional houses in Malaysia on Thursday. More: continued here
Read More »The Economy Today: Egg Donors and Food Stamps (Columbia Journalism Review)
Stories about the slow distribution of stimulus funds are a dime a dozen these days, but The Wall Street Journal today reports on one source of federal money that is being quickly infused into the economy: a boost in food-stamp funding. More: continued here
Read More »Car crashes into Idaho post office (KTVB Boise)
RATHDRUM — A car crashed through the Rathdrum Post Office in North Idaho Tuesday morning. The post master tells us it appears an elderly woman accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake, and crashed through the building wall. More: continued here
Read More »eBay's Ready to Party Like It's 1999 – Motley Fool
eBay's Ready to Party Like It's 1999Motley FoolThat thud you hear could be eBay's (Nasdaq: EBAY) fundamentals finally hitting bottom. A pair of brokerage reports are waxing optimistically on the online …Taking Advantage of WeaknessTheStreet.com (subscription)all 2 news articles » More: continued here
Read More »Can Expanding Food Stamps Jolt The Economy? (NPR)
Some economists say the additional $20 billion allocated to the federal food stamp program is a smart way to boost spending in a recession — especially with 4.8 million new people getting aid. But critics say a real economic kick start will take lots more money. More: continued here
Read More »Triad leaders to preach ‘aerotropolis’ in Raleigh (Greensboro News & Record)
With its growing airport, FedEx hub and upgraded highway system, the Piedmont Triad has one of the better transportation networks on the East Coast. What it needs now, say local business leaders, is a boost in commerce to knit those parts into an “aerotropolis” — a planned region filled with …
Read More »Mandelson says Royal Mail must modernise (Daily Telegraph)
Lord Mandelson has warned that Royal Mail workers need to “face up to need for change” and tackle their problems “like any other company” in a hardhitting attack on the eve of the postal worker’s planned strike. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Delivers Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Children in the Remotest Inhabited Place on Earth (Marketwire)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire – July 7, 2009) – Editors Note: There is a video associated with this Press Release. Royal Mail has made a very special delivery on behalf of music legend Dolly Parton , by delivering her Imagination Library to children in the remotest inhabited place on earth, Tristan …
Read More »Could your Post Office be closing this fall? – WQAD
Could your Post Office be closing this fall?WQADIn a recent USA TODAY/ Gallup Poll, most americans would rather cut services than seek a bailout or raise stamp prices, that is untill their own post office…Postal News Editor Backs Development Of Post Office ServicesHell Mailall 2 news articles » More: continued here
Read More »Post office worker pleads guilty to mail theft – KGBT-TV Presents VALLEYCENTRAL.COM
Hartford Advocate Post office worker pleads guilty to mail theftKGBT-TV Presents VALLEYCENTRAL.COMAP Video A former post office employee from Mission has pleaded guilty to stealing jewelry and coins from packages he was supposed to help deliver. …Postal GoingHartford Advocateall 4 news articles » More: continued here
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