Postcomm Puts Royal Mail Pricing On IceHell Mail, UKUK postal regulator, Postcomm, has announced it is to make no changes to existing Royal Mail price control arrangements. The decision follows discussion with interested parties and the ongoing progression of the Postal Services Bill being championed by … More: continued here
It’s the philatelic version of the Land of Lincoln: A collection of some 10,000 stamps, all featuring the nation’s 16th president, is going on the auction block this week. The collection, painstakingly amassed by an admirer of Abraham Lincoln, carries a pre-sale price estimate of more than $2 million, according to Dallas-based Spink Shreves Galleries,…
Nantucket Island Inquirer Sconset post office a victim of budget cutsNantucket Island Inquirer, MABy Eliot Baker There will be less time to drop off and pick up mail at the Sconset post office once the US Postal Service slashes its hours next month amid nationwide cutbacks to address its ongoing financial crisis. Previously open 7.5 hours…
EBay Inc. said Thursday it plans to pay as much as $1.2 billion for control of South Korea’s top online marketplace, potentially making it one of the company’s largest acquisitions as it moves to expand in Asia. More: continued here
EBay Inc. said Thursday that it expects to remain a “significant” shareholder after spinning off its Internet communications service Skype. More: continued here
Kendall-Whittier Post Office To CloseNews On 6, OKThose who live near the post office say they will be inconvenienced by the closing. By Tara Vreeland, The News On 6 TULSA, OK — A Tulsa neighborhood is losing its post office. Some residents in the area are fighting to keep it open, …Kendall-Whittier residents protest post office…
Sorry, 24-hour party people in need of late-night/early-hour postal workers: The Daily News reports that the 24-hour retail window at the James A. Farley Post Office will close starting May 9. The new hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; and Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. The Farley post office’s lobby will remain open…
Altogether officers protecting the royals lost more than £250,000 to a spread-betting venture called ‘the currency club’, one of a number of apparently successful sidelines Paul Page allegedly set up to clear spiralling debts, a court has heard. More: continued here
eBay offered to buy South Korean online retailer Gmarket for up to $1.2 billion, a deal that would make it the leader in the world’s sixth-largest e-commerce market. More: continued here
A Stamp of Disapproval (Stamp Collecting's Fate in the Internet Age)History News Network, WAOne of the innocent victims of our Brave New Electronic Age has been, I suspect, the hobby of stamp collecting. I'd give odds that there are a great many young people who are only dimly aware of the existence of the institution known…