FedEx Corp., United Parcel Service Inc.’s largest competitor, will increase rates at FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL by 5.48 percent effective Jan. 14. (FDX) More: continued here
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“I’m calling about the Post Office here in Statesboro. I think it’s a shame they took the machine out for stamps that you could put money in to. Not all people have credit cards or debit cards. They got this new machine; and especially if you go in after …
Read More »FedEx announces rate increase for freight shipments (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
FedEx Corp. today announced a general rate increase of 5.5 percent for its freight trucking division to take effect Jan. 14. More: continued here
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We are maintaining our Hold on FedEx Corporation, but reducing our target price to $100. More: continued here
Read More »Stop digging, Gordon Brown. Here’s what to do instead (Times Online)
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Read More »eBay launches microlending website – AFP
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Read More »New technology erases old job of letter writer / India’s illiterate now use mobile phones, not the post, to stay in … (San Francisco Chronicle)
G.P. Sawant never charged the prostitutes for his letter-writing services. Not long after the women would descend on this swarming, chaotic city, they would find him at his stall near the post office, a letter writer for the unlettered. They often came… More: continued here
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Read More »First class postie – Antrim Times
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