Royal Mail imposes pay freeze on its 181000 staffTimes Online, UKRoyal Mail is risking a showdown with trade unions by imposing a pay freeze on its 181000 staff, the biggest workforce to have been penalised so far in the recession. BT has already frozen the pay of its 100000 workers, and …
Read More »Loss of community post office lamented by customers (The Daily Mail)
DURHAM — The circumstances surrounding the Durham Contract Postal Unit’s closing on Route 22 are different from first reported. Landowner Ann Marie Rasnick said that when she bought her home in August 2007 the property included the existing post office. More: continued here
Read More »Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: eBay, Inc., Qualcomm, Inc., Broadcom Corp., Yum! Brands Inc. and Texas Capital … (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: eBay, Inc., Qualcomm, Inc., Broadcom Corp., Yum! Brands Inc. and Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail warns of pay freeze (Yorkshire Post)
ROYAL Mail employees have been told to expect a pay freeze as the recession bites into the company’s finances. More: continued here
Read More »Ex-FedEx worker pleads guilty in NYC heist plot (KTNV Las Vegas)
Associated Press – April 23, 2009 8:43 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) – A former FedEx worker has admitted tipping off thieves who hijacked a company truck in Manhattan and held its driver hostage for… More: continued here
Read More »Woman Indicted In S. Minn. Post Office Threats – WCCO
FOX 9 News Woman Indicted In S. Minn. Post Office ThreatsWCCO, MNPost Office Threats The threatened post offices are in Mankato, North Mankato, Lake Crystal, Madelia, New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Le Center, St. James, Northfield, Dundas, Faribault, Warsaw, Kenyon, Medford, Morristown and Owatonna. …Woman indicted in Minn. post office threatsKAALtv.comall 26 …
Read More »Journalist sells rare Susan Boyle CD on eBay (holdthefrontpage.co.uk)
A former local press journalist is in line for a welcome pay-day after putting a rare CD of singing sensation Susan Boyle up for sale on eBay. The Scottish spinster became a worldwide hit on YouTube this month after her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream, from Les Miserables, on …
Read More »Artist honoured with new stamps (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
One of the world’s most prized artists is to be honoured in a new collection of stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Ex-FedEx worker pleads guilty in NYC heist plot (San Francisco Chronicle)
A former FedEx worker admitted Thursday to tipping off thieves who hijacked a company truck in Manhattan and held its driver hostage for hours in a brazen but bungled heist, prosecutors said. Edward Flores pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to… More: continued here
Read More »More folks turning to WIC, food stamps for help – Jacksonville Daily News
More folks turning to WIC, food stamps for helpJacksonville Daily News, NCWomen who qualify for Medicaid and food stamps automatically qualify for WIC, Smith said, but others would need to provide proof of earnings. Food and Nutrition Services requirements are different from WIC, Collins said, but are still based on … …
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