A junior member of the Government resigned today as a Labour rebellion over plans to sell off almost half of the Royal Mail to a foreign company gathered pace. More: continued here
Washington, Dec 17 : Rapper Snoop Dogg has put his garden shed on the eBay auction block to raise funds for charity. More: continued here
Thousands sign up for food stampsabc11tv.com, NC –2 hours agoSince June of this year, roughly 90000 have signed up for food stamps. There are now more than 100000 in the program than there were at this time last year. … More: continued here
Footnote: What's the link between the Madoff fraud, the UK housing …PersonnelToday.com, UK –3 hours agoExpect a few more scams and frauds to be uncovered as the economy contracts (with the latest one being potentially the Royal Mail pensions……..). …From Paris to Tokyo, more Madoff victims emergeInternational Herald TribuneInvestors grapple with fallout from alleged $50B fraudCTV.caTechnology could…
South London Press Today Stamps celebrate Lewis Hamilton's F1 successIsle of Man Today, UK –4 hours agoBy RICHARD ALLEN THE Isle of Man Post Office is to issue stamps to mark Lewis Hamilton's F1 world championship win. Given the Island's motorsport …Hamilton gets the stamp of approval from Isle of Man Post OfficeAutoblogLewis Hamilton drives a black…
Evening Telegraph Dismay at Post Office’s stanceEvening Telegraph, UK –27 minutes agoA Dundee councillor has branded claims by Royal Mail bosses that the city’s surviving Post Offices can cope with the extra pressure caused by this summer’s … More: continued here
ITV.com Lawmakers Protest UK Plan to Sell Royal Mail StakeBloomberg –3 hours ago17 (Bloomberg) — A member of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government resigned in protest about plans to sell a share in the state-owned Royal Mail Group …Ministerial aide quits government over Royal Mail privatisation plansguardian.co.ukUK's Royal Mail could consider part-privatizationThe Associated PressLabour MP Resigns…
Man loses $9000 in eBay hustleMail Tribune, OR –4 hours agoThe 48-year-old man had bid on the classic car, listed on eBay as being in Washington state, in early November, but he was outbid by the time the auction … More: continued here
Press of Atlantic City Landmark AC Post Office to be demolishedNewsday, NY –2 hours agoATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Atlantic City's landmark post office will make its last delivery by the end of the month. Officials have approved a plan to demolish the …Atlantic City post office prepares to make last deliveryPress of Atlantic Cityall 7 news articles…
Post Office to start reopening todayIowa City Press Citizen, IA –5 hours agoThe West Branch Post Office will reopen today for PO Box customers and Thursday for full retail services. The Postal Service was forced to temporarily …BREAKING: Post Office reopeningWest Branch Timesall 3 news articles More: continued here