COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina is selling money to make money. State officials have quietly picked through boxes of Civil War state currency and auctioned it on eBay, providing the state archives with an influx of cash amid tight budgets. More: continued here
Read More »Palm Pre: On Ebay for $900. – I4U
Palm Pre: On Ebay for $900.I4USome lucky fellow from Encino, California got his hands on a whole mess of Palm Pres and, in true Internet form, he's selling them on Ebay. The price? $899.99, for a phone you'll be able to purchase legally in less than 24 hours. … More: …
Read More »Post Office shut down a sham (The Sun)
GOVERNMENT vows to consult communities on post office closure are branded a sham More: continued here
Read More »2,500 Post Office closures that were ‘bulldozed’ through – and saved next to nothing (Daily Mail)
Labour pushed ahead with plans to shut 2,500 branches, some in isolated rural communities, because the Post Office was losing £3.5million a week. More: continued here
Read More »FLAME IGNITES ROYAL DREAM (Sporting Life)
Ribblesdale Stakes entry Flame Of Gibraltar would not be out of place at Royal Ascot judged by her comfortable success at Lingfield. More: continued here
Read More »Chicago’s 24-hour Postal Service Comes To An End (NPR)
Chicago is the only city in the nation that still offers full 24-hour postal service, but that ends after Friday. Night owls looking to mail a package or buy some stamps in the wee hours of the morning will be on their own. More: continued here
Read More »New Hawleyville post office slated for Barnabas Road (The News-Times)
NEWTOWN — After months of uncertainty, the site of the new Hawleyville post office has finally been selected.First Selectman Joe Borst received a letter from the United States Postal Service late last month approving 23 Barnabas Road as the official site for the post office. More: continued here
Read More »UPS, FedEx Tops in Pilot Pay (TheStreet.com)
Who makes what flying planes at the largest U.S. airlines? More: continued here
Read More »In downturns, Internet companies look to sell start-ups – Reuters
Reuters In downturns, Internet companies look to sell start-upsReutersIn recent months, top Web companies like Yahoo Inc and eBay Inc have begun cleaning out their closets. As part of a turnaround strategy under its new chief executive, Carol Bartz, Yahoo has begun axing money-losing properties, such as Geocities, … More: …
Read More »Post office plan on track? (The Steamboat Pilot & Today)
The vital signs of the real estate deal that would facilitate moving the Steamboat Springs Post Office out of downtown were stabilizing Thursday after U.S. Postal Service officials pulled back from earlier statements that the move was off. More: continued here
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