Markets relieved US jobs numbers were not worseguardian.co.uk, UKAnd while we have limited detail on the comparability of longevity assumptions, a read-across from Royal Mail suggests the deficit could reach £10 billion, based on Royal Mail management commentary. maximum), with £750m a possibility if pension … More: continued here
Portland loses a part of its charmAllentown Morning Call, PABy Tom Coombe Of The Morning Call On the inside, the Portland post office looks very modern, all shiny metal and high-tech equipment. However, there's something about it that seems to come from another era. It's a place where people can stop and chat, … More: continued…
Post–office box users can recycle on spotDetroit Free Press, United StatesPost offices will have recycling bins in their lobbies, where post–office box customers can immediately get rid of mail they don't need or want without worries about privacy or mail security issues. Similar efforts have been successful in the Northeast … More: continued here
Here is a dude that has combined his loves of blockbuster first person shooters and robots in disguise into something quite unique that is up for sale on eBay. It is a Master Chief action figure that transforms into a Warthog and back again, and according to the auction item description by newobmij, this custom Master…
This Jan. 31, 1998, photo provided by the United States Postal Service shows Sydney Chaplin, second son of Charlie Chaplin standing next to an enlarged stamp, featuring his father as the “Little Tramp,” at the stamps unveiling in Los Angeles. More: continued here
(Washington, DC) — According to the federal government, nearly 32-million people are subsisting on food stamps. The latest count represents an increase of 700-thousand people in just one month, roughly equivalent to the number of recent monthly job losses. More: continued here
Prince's letters to Canadian for sale on eBayToronto Star, CanadaSix love letters scribbled by a young Prince Charles roughly 30 years ago and shipped one by one overseas to a Montreal woman have landed in the most cringeworthy of places – eBay. With an asking price of $30000, the letters, written in 1976 and 1980,…
The Calgary Stampeders signed non-import defensive end Alain Kashama to a contract Monday. More: continued here
Woman sentenced for stamp thefts in SalemEagle Tribune, MABy Margo Sullivan A member of a five-person ring who stole stamps from the Salem post office was sentenced to four months in prison yesterday. Shelley Furtado, 36, of Manchester was sentenced in US District Court in Concord, according to the US … More: continued here
John Hufnagel, who guided the Calgary Stampeders to the 2008 Grey Cup title, is the CFL’s coach of the year. More: