Royal Mail is facing a pension deficit of £7bn and needs to implement sweeping efficiencies, a report to the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, and the Post Office minister, Pat MacFadden, will say. A review of postal services conducted by Richard Hooper, former deputy chairman of the regulator Ofcom, will reveal …
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Remember the Ferrari Enzo wrecked by Eddie Griffin last year? It’s all fixed up now, and the man who brought the car back to life is now battling legions of flake-a-zoid deadbeat eBay bidders and… More: continued here
Read More »Pilgrim Congregational Church, Warren, provides support to impoverished people living in the Appalachian Mountains (The Somerset Reporter)
The Morgan Scott Project in Deer Run, Tenn., offers a variety of services to impoverished people living in the Appalachian Mountains. Among people living in that region 29 percent live below the poverty line and 18 percent use food stamps…. More: continued here
Read More »Bash Bush site sells on eBay (Stuff)
The internet entrepreneur behind an online video game inviting users to throw footwear at US President George W Bush says he sold the property on eBay in just four days. More: continued here
Read More »Noxen’s message for post office (The Citizens’ Voice)
NOXEN TWP. — Clutching protest signs and cups of coffee, residents gathered around Cathie Pauley as she shouted through a bullhorn, perched on the steps of the Noxen Post Office mobile trailer. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail sell-off 'as early as April' – This is Money
This is Money Royal Mail sell-off 'as early as April'This is Money, UK –14 minutes agoThe controversial part-privatisation of Royal Mail could be completed by April after the government appointed investment bank UBS to help secure outside … More: continued here
Read More »In their debt (Baltimore Sun)
Maryland hospitals have stepped up debt collection, sometimes from the poor, and Gov. O’Malley demands review W illie Mae White began worrying how she’d pay the $36,224 bill from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center a few weeks after having emergency brain surgery. She lived off Social Security and food stamps …
Read More »Collinsville residents fear their post office may be history (The Hamilton Journal News)
COLLINSVILLE — It may not be much, but the people of Collinsville are ready to fight for their little post office. More: continued here
Read More »Doha to host Arab Stamps Museum (The Peninsula)
DOHA: The Arab League has approved in principle the transfer of the Arab Stamps Museum from its present seat at the Arab League General Secretariat to Doha. More: continued here
Read More »Blue Christmas for FedEx, peers (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Looks like Santa’s sleigh will be a little lighter this year. Delivery of packages and mail has been down with the rest of the economy. More: continued here
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