Back to Square One with the Post OfficeChicago ReaderThat was back in 2007, when I wrote about the city's proposal to spend $51 million in TIF money to develop the downtown post office. Specifically, I suggested that it might not be a bad investment of TIF dollars if it would …
Read More »Colorado sees dip in new requests for food stamps (KRDO Colorado Springs)
Associated Press – June 9, 2009 8:44 AM ET DENVER (AP) – Colorado officials say the number of new applications for food stamps fell about 16% in May, the largest drop in a single month since… More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Express CEO Bronczek elected chairman of International Air Transport Association Board of Governors (Memphis Business Journal)
FedEx Express president and CEO David J. Bronczek will serve as the next chairman of the International Air Transport Association Board of Governors. More: continued here
Read More »Old post office heading to auction block (Chicago Sun-Times)
The U.S. Postal Service plans to auction off Chicago’s “incredible hulk,” the massive old downtown post office that has been vacant since 1996. With its announcement today, the postal service served notice that it no longer has a long-term contract with Walton Street Capital to redevelop the site at 433 …
Read More »Palm Beach post office building sale to be focus of public meeting – Palm Beach Daily News
Palm Beach post office building sale to be focus of public meetingPalm Beach Daily News, FLThe United States Postal Service has set a public meeting for 6 pm Wednesday to allow the public to comment on the Postal Service's plan to sell the north Post Office at 95 N. County Road. …
Read More »Royal Mail plans quietly dropped (Politics.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The government may be hoping to lose its plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail in the post. More: continued here
Read More »City could buy old post office (The Florence Times-Daily)
By Bernie Delinski, Staff Writer The old downtown post office soon could be the new City Hall. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx names trade representative to board (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Package-delivery company FedEx Corp. said Monday it elected Ambassador Susan C. Schwab, former U.S. trade representative from 2006 to 2009, to its board. More: continued here
Read More »Colorado Sees Dip In New Requests For Food Stamps (CBS4 Denver)
Colorado officials say the number of new applications for food stamps fell about 16 percent in May, the largest drop in a single month since December. More: continued here
Read More »PayPal Holds Affect eBay and Off-eBay Transactions (AuctionBytes)
PayPal wrote about its existing rolling reserve policy on its blog on Monday because, it said, it has been receiving a lot of questions from sellers about the policy. More: continued here
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