Economic woes are forcing the post office to delay release of several new postage stamps scheduled for this year. Battered by rising costs and declining mail volume, the Postal Service lost $2.8 billion last year and is facing even larger losses this year, despite a rate increase — to 44 …
Read More »Post office delays new stamps, citing weak economy (AP via Yahoo! News)
Economic woes are forcing the post office to delay release of several new postage stamps scheduled for this year. More: continued here
Read More »Sun City Summerlin might get to keep post office (Summerlin South and West Home News)
Officials are re-considering the closure of the Sun City Summerlin post office, located inside the Longs Drugs, following a community outcry that included threats of boycotting and picketing. More: continued here
Read More »Economy Licks New Postal Service Stamps (KPRC Local 2 Houston)
Struggling against a tide of red ink brought on by rising costs and declining mail volume, the Postal Service said on Tuesday that it will delay the release of several new postage stamps scheduled for this year. More: continued here
Read More »Murray, FedEx through to Rd 4 (Central Chronicle)
Agencies Indian Wells, March 17: Andy Murray cruised into the fourth round of the ATP event in Indian Wells with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu. More: continued here
Read More »Issue raised for new post office in P.C. By MAC CORDELL (Marysville Journal-Tribune)
Plain City wants a new Post Office, or at least a former postmaster does. Howard S. Foust served as Plain City’s postmaster for more than 28 years. When he retired, he became involved with a national retired postmasters group. More: continued here
Read More »Bill to rename Rolling Bay Post Office passes House of Representatives – PNW Local News
Bill to rename Rolling Bay Post Office passes House of RepresentativesPNW Local News, WAA bill to rename the Rolling Bay Post Office building in honor of Medal of Honor recipient and former island resident John "Bud" Hawk cleared the House of Representatives Tuesday. The bill was passed by a voice vote …
Read More »Study: EBay Needs to Return to Its Roots – ReadWriteWeb
Study: EBay Needs to Return to Its RootsReadWriteWeb, CAOver the last year, EBay has been trying to slowly move users away from its auctions and more towards purchases of fixed-priced items. Last week, however, eBay announced that it plans to return to its roots and that the company wants to put …
Read More »Lebanon gets new post office (Albany Democrat-Herald)
LEBANON It took more than 20 years, but Lebanon’s new post office is up and delivering. More: continued here
Read More »Economic woes force post office to delay release of flag set, including 1 honoring Nebraska (Seattle Times)
Economic woes are forcing the post office to delay release of several new postage stamps scheduled for this year, including one set that included Nebraska. More: continued here
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