Richmond Times Dispatch Stamp prices rise MondayLos Angeles Times, CATime to stock up on those value-holding Forever Stamps: The US Postal Service is increasing the price of a first-class stamp to 44 cents from 42 cents Monday. So each Forever Stamp you buy today for 42 cents will be worth 44 …
Read More »James seizes on eBay layoffs to attack Campbell – Globe and Mail
James seizes on eBay layoffs to attack CampbellGlobe and Mail, Canada – Justine HunterYesterday, online auctioneer eBay Inc. announced it is cutting 700 customer representative jobs in Vancouver. And New Democratic Party Leader Carole James was quick to pounce on the news. Ms. James told reporters her opponent, Liberal Leader Gordon … More: …
Read More »Deutsche Post confirms no bid for Royal Mail – Financial Times
Deutsche Post confirms no bid for Royal MailFinancial Times, UK – James WilsonBy James Wilson in Frankfurt Deutsche Post confirmed that it had not made an offer for the UK's Royal Mail and turned the spotlight on the need to overhaul its own mail delivery business. Frank Appel, chief executive, prepared the ground …
Read More »Hundreds back post office protest (BBC News)
More than 15,000 people back a petition in favour of reopening a Warwickshire post office. More: continued here
Read More »Post office has $1.9 billion loss in quarter (San Francisco Chronicle)
The post office was $1.9 billion in the red for the second quarter of the fiscal year and continues to face the possibility of running out of money before year’s end. The agency cited the recession and movement of mail to electronic communications in… More: continued here
Read More »EBay to close Vancouver facility (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Online auctioneer eBay Inc said on Tuesday it will close its facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, that employs roughly 700 people as it consolidates its North America customer service centers. More: continued here
Read More »Wednesday: Bigfork Playhouse, Kalispell Shooting, Grizzly Plan (Flathead Beacon)
Good morning; on the Beacon today, the Bigfork Summer Playhouse celebrates its 50th anniversary. I follow up on the legislation from the 2009 session to see what passed and what died. The 11-year-old Kalispell boy suspected in the shooting death of his father Monday night made his first appearance in …
Read More »Sigurani to put his stamp on Beaver post office – Lovely County Citizen
Lovely County Citizen Sigurani to put his stamp on Beaver post officeLovely County Citizen, ARHe had come from the Rogers post office, where he was the finance supervisor. "I came and visited before I accepted the position," he said. "I talked to people, and they were nice. Other people in the …
Read More »New FedEx Facility May Move to South Kalispell (Flathead Beacon)
Kalispell City Council indicated approval Monday of a plan to use Tax Increment Financing funds as an incentive to build a new FedEx Ground shipping facility into the Old School Station industrial development. The developer of the new FedEx Ground center, Devron Property Services Inc., is proposing an 18,000-square-foot facility …
Read More »Post Office food collection Saturday – Troy Record
WBNG-TV Post Office food collection SaturdayTroy Record, NY – James V. FrancoBy James V. Franco This Saturday, post offices across the country will participate in the 17th annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food collection program. Postal carriers will collect canned foods and non-perishable items left at mailboxes as part of the …Letter Carriers Aim …
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