BBC News Post bus replacements cost moreBBC News, UKHighland Council would have provided a £35300 subsidy to the Royal Mail post bus routes. Instead, interim measures to ensure the communities affected still have access to public transport could run to an estimated cost of more than £87000. … More: continued here
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For those of us who crave a little spice in our lives, Isaan food can’t be beat. At Thara Thong, Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Tower’s award-winning Thai restaurant, we’re taking Isaan cooking to the More: continued here
Read More »Historic Calcutta cover with Lincoln stamp may fetch $1M – Times of India
Historic Calcutta cover with Lincoln stamp may fetch $1MTimes of India, IndiaWASHINGTON: When the letter with the 90-cent Lincoln stamp was mailed in 1873 by an ice exporter in Boston to his office in Calcutta, Mohandas Gandhi (later Mahatma) was a toddler of four, Narendranath Dutta (later Swami Vivekananda) was a …
Read More »Nintendo gets Amazon & eBay to ban flash carts – Neoseeker
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Read More »EBay wins court fight against L’Oreal in UK (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A British court ruled Friday that Internet marketplace eBay is not liable for bogus beauty products sold on its Web site, dealing a blow to cosmetics company L’Oreal’s legal campaign against the online auction giant. More: continued here
Read More »Support grows for Post Office bank (Channel 4)
Calls for a bank to be set up at the Post Office are gaining growing support from MPs, with more than 200 signing a Commons motion backing the idea. More: continued here
Read More »Rapid View post office closes (Meadow Lake Progress)
Perry said she didn’t want it to come to that but at this time, it was not economically viable. “Unfortunately, without the revenue from the post office, there wouldn’t be enough money coming into the business to keep it afloat,” she said. More: continued here
Read More »Post office plan draws protests (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
BINGHAMTON — Delays in mail delivery are one of the major concerns if the post office consolidates its Binghamton and Syracuse mail-processing operations in Syracuse. More: continued here
Read More »EBay Isn’t Liable for Sale of Fake L’Oreal Cosmetics (Update1) (Bloomberg)
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Read More »Commons move shocks Royal Mail supporters – Independent
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