Champion Newspapers Royal Mail gets tough on postmenChampion Newspapers, UKThe Liberal Democrat has questioned Royal Mail's actions against postmen who travel from house to house by bicycle without wearing a helmet and said: “I have been shown a frighteningly long list of scores of local postmen who have been disciplined by …Coleraine postmen to 'deliver' for…
ebay announces 5 free auction listings a month, yawn.Examiner.comIt's all to do about nothing I'm affraid, ebay's 5 free auction listings announcement. I can hear the groans again, "oh no, more griping about ebay, even when the company is trying to do something good". But come on, is this the best they can pull out…
Sacramento police have reopened a Sacramento post office and several streets around it after checking out a suspicious device. More: continued here
GLENS FALLS – Police have arrested four people in a welfare fraud scheme in which people bought food at local grocery stores with food stamps, then traded the groceries to a deli owner for cash, officials said. More: continued here
My solution to the Royal Mail part-privatisation problemguardian.co.uk, UKThe Royal Mail urgently needs certainty over its future, not more debate. The government must take a less controversial approach As we move towards the summer parliamentary recess, one unresolved issue is still causing concern: the future of the Royal…Wave of strikes to hit Royal MailSocialistworker.co.ukRoyal Mail Strike…
Mesa County was caught by surprise and is still trying to catch up. Food stamps are not getting to families as fast as they need them. In April 2008 the Department of Human Services says they received 402 applications for food stamps and financial assistants. More: continued here
As unemployment hits record levels and the national economy tries to crank back to life, Oregon’s Department of Human Services says more people are getting food stamps and other cash assistance. In May, the need for cash assistance (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, TANF) increased … More: continued here
June 16 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. founder Pierre Omidyar and Calvert Group Ltd. are among backers of a $44 million investment fund designed to show that firms can profit from selling insurance to the world’s poorest people. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail stamps tribute to DragonbyThis is Scunthorpe, UKA SET of six new stamps issued by Royal mail is set to put a North Lincolnshire hamlet firmly on the map. The new stamps issued this week depict mythical creatures such as dragons and unicorns. But there is a bonus for the residents of Dragonby who…
A few thoughts on the terminal ugliness in Denver, Roger Goodell being plagued by the stalling injustice of Plaxico Burress (with a judge echoing me in deriding the legal process), and the Brett Favre HBO interview before I get to your mail: More: continued here