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The Week UK WH Smith to take on more Post Office branchesThe Week UKWH Smith is doubling down on a successful strategy of taking on Post Office branches within its stores, as it continues to turnaround its fortunes after years of decline. Announcing positive half-year results for the first time …

ComputerworldUK Royal Mail puts big data "building blocks in place" with Hortonworks Hadoop platformComputerworldUKRoyal Mail says that turning to Hortonworks was like the “Big Bang” for them in terms of an advanced data analytics strategy. For a company that is tasked with safely delivering billions of letters and parcels across …

CBC.ca Iqaluit post office rents house to ease post-blizzard mail rushCBC.caThe post office has been slammed with incoming packages and mail, as a flurry of blizzards and subsequent flight cancellations in Iqaluit created a backlog down south. Once flights resumed, mail started coming in at three times the normal volume, … …

Money Magazine How My Bet on “Forever Stamps” Went So Terribly WrongMoney MagazineOf course, I never suggested Forever stamps as an investment. Among other problems, it would be hard to buy enough of them to make serious money. And you would have to sell them for less than face price …

Yahoo News How My Bet on “Forever Stamps” Went So Terribly WrongYahoo NewsDon't look now, but hell may have frozen over. The sun may be beginning to rise in the west and set in the east—and Wall Street may be giving suckers an even break. Why do I mention these …

Malakoff News Postage stamps drop 2 centsMalakoff NewsThe News Staff Reports HENDERSON COUNTY–As of last Sunday, the price of a stamp to mail a letter dropped by two cents. Now those Forever Stamps cost 47 cents a stamp, instead of the 49 cents it has been since January 2014. It …

BreakingNews.ie Government 'transferring post office business to private banks', say protesting postmastersBreakingNews.iePostmasters have staged a protest outside the Department of Social Protection today, accusing the Government of deliberately trying to “shut them down”. The Irish Postmasters' Union (IPU) said the Department is systematically transferring post office …Postmasters warn change to welfare …

NDTV 'Useless' Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif Put Up For Sale On eBay, Gets 100 BidsNDTVPakistan's Nawaz Sharif was put up for sale on eBay with bids soaring to more than $90,000 today after an anonymous user gave vent to frustrations with the prime minister over the Panama Papers leak. "Useless …

ValueWalk Jana Partners Shorts U.K.'s Royal Mail, Chanos Bets Against Just EatValueWalkHere is a look at a couple of interesting short positions by some notable hedge funds. Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners seems to have taken a dislike to British postal service Royal Mail. The event-driven hedge fund has a 0.83% …

Why More States Are Requiring Work Requirements for Food StampsCatholic Citizens of Illinois (press release)Newspaper headlines have been bemoaning that more states will now have to require adults on food stamps—who are able-bodied and without dependents—to work. Since 2009, nearly all states have been able to waive the modest food …