Congressman Pete Visclosky has chosen a local resident to head up his congressional office amid a federal investigation of his ties to Washington lobbying firm. Schererville resident Mark Lopez will leave his post as director of Visclosky’s Northwest Indiana offices and become chief of staff, replacing Visclosky’s longtime right-hand man, …
Read More »Family, Friends Protest Closing of Post Office Named After Fallen Solider (WPIX 11 New York)
NEW YORK (WPIX) – The family and friends of a marine killed in Iraq are protesting the closing of a post office named in his honor. Dozens of people turned out Saturday afternoon, urging officials to keep open the Washington Heights post office named after Sgt. Riayan Tejeda. More: continued …
Read More »Euro elections – Brown to appease voters with Royal Mail delay and Iraq inquiry (Times Online)
Gordon Brown is to slow down the part-sale of Royal Mail and announce an Iraq war inquiry within days as he tries to prevent dismal European election results strengthening the bid to oust him. More: continued here
Read More »(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-07 18:38 Royal Mail may close final salary pension plan (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Mail said on Sunday it could become the latest company to close its final salary pension plan if plans to part-privatise the group fail. “Closing the final salary pension scheme is not something we would want to consider but might have to as …
Read More »Royal Mail may axe pension plan (Interactive Investor)
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Read More »EFF Site Tracks Terms of Service for eBay, Amazon (AuctionBytes)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched TOSBack.org to help users track changes in websites’ Terms of Service. More: continued here
Read More »Federer wins French Open, creates history | Pics | Troublemaker on court (IBN live)
Fedex’s grand slam finals results | More pics: What a racket! | Glam at the game More: continued here
Read More »Federal authorities arrest Irvington man for robbing post office – NJ.com
Federal authorities arrest Irvington man for robbing post officeNJ.com, NJby The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk Federal authorities have arrested a 48-year-old man in connection with two armed robberies, one of a post office in East Orange, and the other a Papa John's Pizza restaurant in Irvington. … More: continued here
Read More »Labour faces disastrous results in European elections – Times Online
Labour faces disastrous results in European electionsTimes Online, UKThe Times learnt last night that Mr Brown is to slow down the part-sale of Royal Mail and announce an Iraq war inquiry within days as he tries to prevent dismal electoral results strengthening the attempt to oust him. He appeared yesterday to …
Read More »Royal Mail may close final salary pension plan – Reuters
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail may close final salary pension planReutersLONDON, June 7 (Reuters) – Britain's Royal Mail [GBPO.UL] said on Sunday it could become the latest company to close its final salary pension plan if plans to part-privatise the group fail. "Closing the final salary pension scheme is not something we …
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