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The American Postal Workers Union is making a big ask as part of contract talks it kicked off Thursday with the U.S. Postal Service: It wants the post office to expand customer offerings to include financial services. More: continued here

Royal Mail's Colossus move gets ex-WREN's stamp of approvalThe RegisterOnce muzzled by officialdom, former operators of Colossus have reacted well to a Royal Mail stamp marking the achievements of the computing beast and its designer, Tommy Flowers. The Colossus stamp is part of eight in the Royal Mail's series, called …Colossus …

MassLive.com SNAP overhaul: Holyoke woman unable to access food stamps until State Rep …MassLive.comHOLYOKE — Jeronima Gomes has two children and is unable to work, so her $375 a month in food stamps she had come to count on was already spread thin. Gomes, 38, moved from the African island …

New rules to be drawn up for post officesThe HillThe U.S. Postal Service is considering revising its current procedures when expanding, relocating or constructing a new post office. The rule would require the Postal Service to notify communities and their elected officials in writing and provide more … More: continued here

Business Recorder (press release) (blog) India cbank's Rajan: no formal proposal from post office to set up bankReutersThe country's postal office had been speculated to be interested in setting up banks across India. Earlier this month, it was among 41 applicants to run a new category of banks planned to …

LITTLE ROCK (KTHV) – About 160 new jobs are on the way to southwest Little Rock, where FedEx of Memphis is planning to build a 300,000 square-foot distribution center. Company officials, as well as government leaders including U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and U.S. Rep. French Hill, attended Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony …

A football manager's desk dating back to the "glory days" of the club is being auctioned off on eBay. More: continued here

Wall Street Journal (blog) Union Pushes Post Office to Offer Financial ServicesWall Street Journal (blog)The American Postal Workers Union is making a big ask as part of contract talks it kicked off Thursday with the U.S. Postal Service: It wants the post office to expand customer offerings to include financial …

Tommy Flowers and his valves: their part in Hitler's downfall Once muzzled by officialdom, former operators of Colossus have reacted well to a Royal Mail stamp marking the achievements of the computing beast and its designer, Tommy Flowers.… More: continued here

9news.com.au Shot fired in dramatic Melbourne post office robbery9news.com.auOne of the men fired a shot, which struck a drawer, before the two men fled the post office with an unknown sum of cash. A woman driving an SUV in the laneway behind the post office said she almost ran over …