The number of people applying for food stamps is going up according the Tennessee Department of Health Services. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps to yet again increase by more than rate of inflation (Daily Telegraph)
The price of stamps is to increase by double the rate of inflation next year. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office holiday hours (Baxter Bulletin)
The Mountain Home Post Office will close its retail operation at 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to a press release. Regular mail delivery will not be affected. More: continued here
Read More »eBay changes backfire as rivals play catch-up (The New Zealand Herald)
NEW YORK – John Donahoe, chief executive of eBay, is facing questions over his leadership of the online auctions pioneer which has been trying to turn itself into a more traditional e-commerce website. More: continued here
Read More »Idle Chatter: FedEx Benched for Super Bowl, more (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)
-The Screen Actors Guild has pushed back a vote on whether to strike until mid-January. Numerous top actors are urging SAG members to vote against the strike, saying they can’t afford to shut down the industry right now. [LAT ] -For the first time in 12 years, FedEx won’t run …
Read More »Cost of first and second-class stamps to rise AGAIN (Daily Mail: World News)
Royal Mail has came under fire for sneaking out plans for the biggest-ever rise in the cost of a stamp. From April, a first-class stamp will cost 39p, a rise of 3p or 8.3 per cent. More: continued here
Read More »Call to take Burns stamps to a wider market (The Herald)
Stamps to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns should be made available for people to buy individually at face value, according to a Conservative MSP. More: continued here
Read More »eBay UK Subtitle Glitch (AuctionBytes)
eBay UK ran a free subtitle promotion for the month of December, but the company now says that due to “system constraints,” sellers are unable to remove the subtitle feature from live Good Til Cancelled (GTC) listings. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office lobby open until noon Wednesday (Fond du Lac Reporter)
The Fond du Lac Post Office lobby will be open until noon on Wednesday, Dec. 24. More: continued here
Read More »Holiday Post Office hours (Melrose Beacon)
The Melrose Post Office will have special Christmas Eve hours, according to Postmaster Peter Straka. The Wednesday, Dec. 24 hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The normal daily hours will apply on Wednesday, Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve day. More: continued here
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