Scientific American Writers fill Santa letters with doubts, fears, hopesColumbus Dispatch, OH –11 hours agoThe post office hangs on to the letters to ensure that each correspondent receives a response from Santa, thanks to volunteers from Local 232 of the …Turn the tables on Saint NickNational PostCanada Post: Send Santa's letters now!MSNBCBusiness …
Read More »Royal Mail critics demand changes at top as Mandelson eyes sell-off (The Scotsman: Business)
CALLS are growing for a change in leadership at Royal Mail as unions and backbench MPs fight to keep it in public hands. More: continued here
Read More »Need to know: Marks & Spencer; Taylor Wimpey; Royal Mail; EDF … – Times Online
Need to know: Marks & Spencer; Taylor Wimpey; Royal Mail; EDF …Times Online, UK –6 minutes agoGDP: Figures due out tomorrow are tipped to confirm that GDP fell by 0.5 per cent between July and September. Public debt: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, … More: continued here
Read More »Scarlett Johansson puts snotty tissue on eBay (Otago Daily Times)
How snotty: Scarlett Johansson blew her nose on a tissue, and now the tissue is being sold on eBay. Johansson appeared on NBC’s Tonight talk show yesterday to promote her new movie, The Spirit. More: continued here
Read More »Residents support keeping post office (Middletown Journal)
COLLINSVILLE — Crammed into the former two-car garage that houses this village’s miniature post office, residents from Collinsville and surrounding Milford Twp. spoke adamantly Friday, Dec. 19, about how the office is central to their community. More: continued here
Read More »As hunger rises in US, so do creative ways to help – Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor As hunger rises in US, so do creative ways to helpChristian Science Monitor, MA –3 hours agoThat's also prompted a call for federal and state officials to increase the amount of money for food stamps and to make it easier for people to access them. … More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail needs cutbacks to fill £7bn pensions hole – report (Guardian Unlimited)
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 …
Read More »Saga Of The Eddie Griffin Enzo Continues: Murilee Helps Write Its eBay Description [Found On EBay] (Jalopnik)
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
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