MEMPHIS, Tenn. | FedEx Corp. cut its forecast for fiscal 2009 earnings and capital spending on Monday as the slumping economy cut into package deliveries. More: continued here
Read More »Charity: Donated shoes ended up on eBay (UPI)
DONELSON, Tenn., Dec. 16 (UPI) — A Tennessee charitable organization has filed a lawsuit over shoes that ended up for sale on eBay instead of being given to the poor. More: continued here
Read More »Shake-up planned for Royal Mail (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The government has opened the door to foreign investment in the Royal Mail. More: continued here
Read More »Atlantic City Post Office finally faces the wrecking ball – Press of Atlantic City
Press of Atlantic City Atlantic City Post Office finally faces the wrecking ballPress of Atlantic City, NJ –27 minutes agoBy DONALD WITTKOWSKI, Staff Writer, 609-272-7258 The Atlantic City Post Office on the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd .and Pacific Ave. in … More: continued here
Read More »Mail deliveries down, but employees at Quincy Post Office still busy (Quincy Herald-Whig)
Don’t tell U.S. Postal Service employees mail is down this year. Dec. 15 is traditionally the busiest mailing day of the year for the post office. More: continued here
Read More »Vern Buchanan tours post office distribution center – WWSB ABC 7
Vern Buchanan tours post office distribution centerWWSB ABC 7, FL –4 hours agoMANATEE COUNTY – Congressman Vern Buchanan is touring the US Post Office's Manasota Processing and Distribution Center with postal officials and the union … More: continued here
Read More »EBay to build data center in Utah (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The online auction site eBay is planning to build a data center in South Jordan. The closing of the land sale was announced Monday by eBay Inc. and the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development. More: continued here
Read More »Major Shake-Up For Royal Mail (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Dutch postal giant TNT has expressed an interest in buying into Royal Mail, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced. More: continued here
Read More »Mandelson Says U.K. May Sell Royal Mail Stake to TNT (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown ’s government said it may sell a stake in Royal Mail Group Plc to TNT NV of the Netherlands, tapping investment needed to prepare the U.K.’s postal service for Europe-wide competition. More: continued here
Read More »Post office workers are overpaid and waste three hours a day, says … – guardian.co.uk
Post office workers are overpaid and waste three hours a day, says …guardian.co.uk, UK –3 hours agoEdward Leigh, the Conservative rightwinger who tried to privatise the Post Office when he was a minister 15 years ago, said: "I welcome New Labour to the …Mandelson Says UK May Sell Royal Mail Stake to …
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