Get stamp duty back if deal failsDaily News & Analysis, IndiaMumbai: The state government has proposed to refund stamp duty and registration fees paid by prospective property buyers if their deals fail to go through at the eleventh hour. Buyers sometimes scrap property deals after completing all the formalities. … More: …
Read More »Man arrested in post office break-in, fire – NRToday.com
Man arrested in post office break-in, fireNRToday.com, ORPolice arrested a Eugene man early Tuesday morning after he allegedly broke into the Roseburg Post Office and started a fire. An officer drove past the building at 519 Kane Street at about 4:15 am and saw a man sitting on the sidewalk nearby, …
Read More »McCain to Back Former eBay Exec in 2010 Race (KRON 4 Bay Area)
Arizona Sen. John McCain wants Meg Whitman to be California’s next governor. The former eBay chief executive has not formally declared her candidacy, but spokesman Mitch Zak said Wednesday that she will pick up the 2008 presidential candidate’s endorsement Friday at an event in Orange County. More: continued here
Read More »Costco to Accept Food Stamps on Trial Basis (WNYC New York Public Radio)
The big box store Costco will start accepting food stamps, on a trial basis, at its two New York City stores in Queens and Brooklyn. It had come under criticism recently from local politicians for be…. More: continued here
Read More »Shell Reorganizes to Cut Costs and Speed Up Projects (Update3) (Bloomberg)
May 27 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc , Europe’s biggest oil company, announced plans to reorganize its upstream business to cut costs and speed up projects, more than a year after a similar shake-up at BP Plc. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Renamed To Honor Soldier (The Kentucky Post)
The post office in Dayton, Kentucky will be re-named Wednesday to honor a local soldier killed in Afghanistan. The post office on Sixth Avenue will now be called Staff Sergeant Nicholas Ray Carnes Post Office. More: continued here
Read More »Hepburn stamp auctioned for $74600 – Reuters
Straits Times Hepburn stamp auctioned for $74600ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) – A rare German stamp depicting Audrey Hepburn with a cigarette holder, an image from the 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has been sold for $74600 (53500 euros) by a Berlin auction house. Germany had planned to issue 14 million …Video: Rare …
Read More »Postal Service says Evinston’s historic post office needs renovations (The Ocala Star-Banner)
When residents pick up mail at the U.S. Post Office in the Wood & Swink Old Store in Evinston, they see a post office that’s much like it was more than 100 years ago.That may soon change.The Wood & Swink was built in 1884 and purchased a few decades later …
Read More »Customers rally round post office (Express and Star)
Business is booming at a post office saved from the axe, after customers rallied round to keep it open. More: continued here
Read More »Satellite post office to open at pharmacy in Edison – New Brunswick Home News Tribune
Satellite post office to open at pharmacy in EdisonNew Brunswick Home News Tribune, NJBy LALITA ALOOR AMUTHAN • STAFF WRITER • May 27, 2009 Starting in September, there will be one more venue to do so in the township at a new satellite US Post Office that will open inside Devine's …
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