AuctionBytes Blog eBay, Excessive Shipping, and Germany's Radical SolutionAuctionBytes Blog, MA –5 hours agoA few years ago, it would not have been unheard of to win an eBay auction for a Little Kitty necklace for 16 cents and be charged $21 for shipping … More: continued here
Read More »Fort Pierce post office likely won't become museum – WWSB
Fort Pierce post office likely won't become museumWWSB, FL –3 hours ago(AP) – Fort Pierce officials say budget cuts mean they will likely have to cancel plans to turn a post office built in 1935 into a museum. …Ex-post office in Fort Pierce won't get revampVero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)all 10 news articles …
Read More »Another 4000 post offices face axe – Times Online
Another 4000 post offices face axeTimes Online, UK –4 minutes agoRoyal Mail is now expected to fall far below a government pledge that the national network of post offices should be kept to at least 11500. … More: continued here
Read More »Summer strikes hit postal figures – Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Summer strikes hit postal figuresNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK –May 30, 2008Royal Mail came under fresh criticism today after it emerged that it had failed to hit delivery targets across the whole of the East of England. … More: continued here
Read More »Fort Pierce post office likely won’t become museum (Miami Herald)
Fort Pierce officials say budget cuts mean they will likely have to cancel plans to turn a post office built in 1935 into a museum. More: continued here
Read More »Google Accidently Revealed As eBay Critic – Slashdot
Brisbane Times Google Accidently Revealed As eBay CriticSlashdot –1 hour agoXiroth writes "In what could cause an escalation of tensions between the two internet giants, an anonymous critique of eBay's upcoming move to accepting …Google Outed As Anonymous Ebay CriticWashington PostMetadata ruins Google's anonymous eBay Australia protestRegisterUberSaturday: Search Behemoth Busted Taking …
Read More »Post office fixes letter boxes for 3,000 houses in 50 villages (The New Straits Times)
Over the past two months, the postmen in the Pendang District have been delivering more than mail to about 3,000 households in more than 50 villages. Staff from the Pendang Post Office have been fixing numbered post boxes at these houses to facilitate the delivery of mail. More: continued here
Read More »Yeadon Forum joins fight to save post office – Wharfedale and Airedale Observer
Yeadon Forum joins fight to save post officeWharfedale and Airedale Observer, UK –5 hours agoBy Annette McIntyre The planned closure of Kirk Lane Post Office is being formally opposed by Yeadon Forum. Residents at a recent meeting unanimously agreed … More: continued here
Read More »Germany to Sell Part of Rail Company (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Ending years of wrangling, the German Parliament on Friday voted to sell a stake in Deutsche Bahn, the former state railroad monopoly that is now a logistics company. More: continued here
Read More »Farmers’ market fare now available with food stamps (The Capital Times)
Participants in Wisconsin’s food stamp program are now able to buy fresh food from the Saturday and Wednesday Dane County Farmers’ Markets. The program is an effort to help low income families get more healthy, fresh, locally-raised food. In the past, food stamp recipients were restricted from using food stamps …
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