Prayers for post box answered by churchStoke & Staffordshire, UKRoyal Mail wanted to install a replacement box somewhere else in the village, but found it difficult to find a new home because of Mow Cop's narrow pavements and the need to avoid underground cables. So members of Mow Cop Methodist Church stepped in to … More:…
Clout Street – Chicago Tribune Blog Sotomayor and the Politics of RaceWall Street JournalSomehow we all simply know — like it or not — that Hispanics are now overdue for the gravitas of high office. And our new post-racialist president is especially attuned to this chance to have a "first" under his belt, not to…
Viet Nam News Man spends five decades on President Ho stamp collectionViet Nam News, VietnamHUE – After 50 years spent collecting stamps, one 80-year-old man from Hue is proud to hold in his hands four collections devoted to President Ho Chi Minh. Nguyen Luong Hot has never missed a stamp featuring President Ho since 1945, and…
Post office is top performer of 400: Business beats off competitionHalifax Evening Courier, UKBy Colin Drury IT is going through one of the most difficult periods in its history but one post office in Halifax is leading the way and showing the rest how it is done. Illingworth Moor branch, Illingworth Road, has increased its business…
Times Online Gordon Brown to face new threat over Royal Mail privatisation plansTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThe next big threat to the Prime Minister if he survives the current leadership crisis will be the plan to part-privatise Royal Mail. By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent MPs are increasingly confident that Mr Brown, weakened by public attacks and …Video: Lord…
Times Online Royal Mail sale to be put on hold in concession to Labour rebelsguardian.co.uk, UKThe government's plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail are to be put on hold pending an increase in the price bidders are willing are to pay, ministerial sources said last night, in what is likely to be seen as a significant…
Post office slammed over cake rulingWalesOnline, United KingdomSusan Evans wanted to post the £13.99 icing and marzipan-smothered Tesco fruit cake to Corporal Anthony Cotty, who is serving with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the war-torn country. But when she arrived at Rumney Post Office in … More: continued here
Stamps Training Camp – Day 1 RecapOurSports Central (press release), WIThe Stamps added import receiver Derrick Smith and released import linebacker Kurt Campbell. Import linebacker Robert Killebrew was re-signed. Non-import offensive lineman Jesse Newman (ankle), non-import kicker Sandro DeAngelis (ankle) and receiver …Stamps back in actionMetro Canada – CalgaryCFL Camp always brings surprisesSLAM! SportsDefending champs face…
Paper food stamps about to be worthlessPress-Enterprise, CABy MELISSA EISELEIN The final step in the transition from paper food stamps to plastic cards is about to be completed, and the old-style paper coupons will soon be worthless. The federal government started in 1997 to phase out paper food stamps, … More: continued here
FOCUS: TNT Investors Grow Restless, Want Co To Weigh StrategyBeurs.nl, NetherlandsTNT, which generated more than EUR11 billion in revenue in 2008, currently is in discussions with the British government over a possible minority stake in UK postal operator Royal Mail, a move criticized by some investors who fear TNT might overpay and … More: continued here