Swedish director Ingmar Bergman honoured with stampsEarthtimes, UK –2 minutes agoStockholm – The late Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman is to be honoured with two stamp issues, the Swedish postal services said Wednesday. … More: continued here
Read More »Digest: Retirement rumors about CEO abound at eBay (Houston Chronicle)
News that eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman may retire comes as the online auctioneer faces slowing growth and disappointing returns from its gamble on the Internet phone service Skype. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office campaigners ready themselves for fight – Blackpool Gazette
Post Office campaigners ready themselves for fightBlackpool Gazette, UK –Jan 22, 2008By Paul Marsden Calls for a rethink intensified just as post office chiefs officially announced which branches were on their hit list. … More: continued here
Read More »Raiders’ post office haul £1,500 (BBC News)
Burglars throw a concrete block through a post office window in Dunstable to get inside. More: continued here
Read More »Post office move rattles Scottsville (The Daily Progress)
The town of Scottsville’s post office moved out of the historic downtown earlier this month – a move that doesn’t sit well with residents who have been coming and going from the small-town hub since the 1960s. Kit Decker, a downtown resident, said the post office served as a “social …
Read More »Man with imitation gun admits Loppington Post Office raid – ic CheshireOnline
Man with imitation gun admits Loppington Post Office raidic CheshireOnline, UK –Jan 22, 2008by Andrew Bowan, Whitchurch Herald A MAN from the Oswestry area admitted carrying out an armed robbery at a village post office when he appeared at … More: continued here
Read More »eBay launches car insurance service – MyFinances.co.uk
eBay launches car insurance serviceMyFinances.co.uk, UK –1 hour agoJody Ford, head of eBayMotors, said, "With over three million visitors every month, the needs of the eBay Motors community are wide and varied. …eBay launched new motor insurance comparison divisionMotor Traderall 2 news articles More: continued here
Read More »SOUTH WOODFORD: Neglected postbox causes a storm (Wanstead and Woodford Guardian)
A WAR-HERO who worked for Royal Mail for more than three decades has hit out over the sorry state of his local postbox. Harry Franklin, 85, of Grovesnor Lodge in South Woodford, fought the Nazis in Africa, Italy and Sicily before returning to London and starting work for the Post …
Read More »Aust philanthropists to be honoured on stamps (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Five of the country’s most generous Australians will be honoured on postage stamps, released for Australia Day. More: continued here
Read More »Stamp of success – North Devon Gazette & Advertiser
Stamp of successNorth Devon Gazette & Advertiser, UK –4 hours agoAN appeal through the Gazette for used stamps has left staff and students at Braunton School astonished after a veritable postal avalanche! … More: continued here
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