WWAY NewsChannel 3 Post office customers want actionAsbury Park Press, NJBy Bonnie Delaney • TOMS RIVER BUREAU • February 27, 2009 BERKELEY — About a dozen customers waited in line Thursday morning at the post office at the Holiday City at Berkeley minimall. Some people carried packages wrapped in brown paper, …
Read More »Eye Opener: Feb. 27, 2009 – Washington Post
ABC News Eye Opener: Feb. 27, 2009Washington Post, United StatesThe Post's Philip Rucker spent some time with the administration's "super-nerd" and Office of Management Budget director Peter Orszag (see above) and learned that with his new job "comes a sort of fame. A divorced father of two, Orszag is suddenly one …
Read More »Unions to ambush Brown over Royal Mail sell-off – This is London
Unions to ambush Brown over Royal Mail sell-offThis is London, UKGORDON BROWN is facing an ambush from furious Labour and trade union chiefs over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson's "snake-oil salesman" plans to part-privatise Royal Mail. In a clear signal that new concessions on the deal have failed to quell the … …
Read More »Family fears losing suburban St. Louis cave home – The Associated Press
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Family fears losing suburban St. Louis cave homeThe Associated PressIf they can't secure new financing, they've got a backup plan — auctioning their cave home through eBay. Bidding starts at $300000. "I get the financing, or I sell the property, or I lose everything," Curt Sleeper, a …
Read More »Food aid sign-ups flooding Mass. – Boston Globe
Food aid sign-ups flooding Mass.Boston Globe, United StatesBy David Abel Over the past year, the number of Massachusetts residents receiving food stamps has surged 20 percent, bringing the total to more than 600000 and taxing the state's ability to serve those in need, welfare officials say. … More: continued here
Read More »No going Dutch here as company keeps its Netherlands monopoly – guardian.co.uk
No going Dutch here as company keeps its Netherlands monopolyguardian.co.uk, UKTNT, the Dutch company that wants to seize a key holding in Royal Mail, has been successfully opposing the opening-up of its own domestic market while campaigning for full competition in Britain. The group has won government backing in the Netherlands …
Read More »Please, Mister Postman – Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Please, Mister PostmanWilkes Barre Times-Leader, PAWILKES-BARRE – With horns from passing cars blaring a message of support, members of the American Postal Workers Union Local 175 conducted informational picketing Thursday on the sidewalks of the Wilkes-Barre post office. Susan Broody of Wilkes-Barre …Postal Workers Picket to Save PlantMSNBCall 2 news articles …
Read More »Royal Mail sell off bid will split Labour – Mirror.co.uk
Royal Mail sell off bid will split LabourMirror.co.uk, UKBy Jason Beattie 27/02/2009 Angry union chiefs yesterday warned Peter Mandelson his bid to sell off part of Royal Mail will split the Labour movement. Along with rebel MPs, they bluntly rejected a string of concessions from the business secretary, … More: continued …
Read More »COMMENT: Why bail-out banks and not the Mail? – Worcester News
COMMENT: Why bail-out banks and not the Mail?Worcester News, UKThe Government’s strategy with regard to the banking industry – effectively a nationalisation programme – appears to be directly at odds to its proposals for the Royal Mail. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson yesterday unveiled the much-heralded plans … More: continued here
Read More »Local residents petitioning for release of Black Heritage stamp in … – Tallahassee Democrat
Local residents petitioning for release of Black Heritage stamp in …Tallahassee Democrat, FLBy Elizabeth M. Mack • DEMOCRAT WRITER • February 27, 2009 In past years during the month of February the US Postal Service has released a Black Heritage Stamp. Normally this stamp is available for purchase starting in the …
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