BBC News Rise in dog attacks on postal workers, Royal Mail saysBBC NewsThe number of postal workers being bitten by dogs in the south of England is increasing, according to figures released by the Royal Mail. In 2013/14, 120 more postal workers were bitten than in the previous year. In the PO postcode covering Portsmouth…
Jersey City post office reopens after basement floodNJ.comAfter a closure following a basement flood, the Greenville Post Office on Ocean Avenue is open for business again. Mail delivery to Jersey City street addresses was not affected during the closure, but Greenville Station Post Office Box customers had … More: continued here
GOP Bill Requires Photo ID…to Use Food StampsTheBlaze.comRep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.) and eight other Republicans have proposed legislation that would require people to produce a photo ID whenever they use the federal food stamp program, so retailers can be sure food stamp benefits actually belong to the … More: continued here
Gigwise Andrew Weatherall's beard is selling on eBay for thousandsGigwiseA mystery eBayer has put DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall's beard up for auction, and whilst all you're paying for is essentially just 'the cuttings of a used beard'. Prices are skyrocketing. With a starting bid of the very reasonable 99p, the beard …Andrew Weatherall's beard…
Yahoo Tech Man Buys MacBook on eBay for $450, Gets Just a Picture of ItYahoo TechMan Buys MacBook on eBay for $450, Gets Just a Picture of It It's not even a good picture of a MacBook, is it? Aurelio Ghiupardelghi/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET. Everything with the prefix “e” seems old-fashioned to me these…
A RIDDLESDEN post office will be relaunched next month following a modernisation and refit. More: continued here
Bloomberg Rasta-Hat Maker Dreads Etsy Will Be As Big As EBayBloombergWall Street may be salivating over Etsy Inc.'s coming IPO. Cherri Rodriguez is dreading it. Rodriguez, 54, sells crochet rasta hats for the Burning Man festival on Etsy. She recently scaled back her operation after a decade on the site because it …and more » More:…
Ax Comes Down On EBay, PayPal Employees: Report EBAY AMZNInvestor’s Business DailyEBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and its PayPal payment unit reportedly are notifying employees who will be laid off as part of a 7% workforce cut announced last month. The cuts appear to be falling on staffers in the company's point-of-sale (POS) payment service … More: continued…
Isle of Wight County Press Royal Mail post box changes prompt warning from MP Andrew TurnerIsle of Wight County PressMr Turner said: "Seemingly there was little effort made by Royal Mail to raise awareness of the changes. Yet many people and local businesses will be seriously affected and it will cause some, particularly those in…
PHLPost issues Salud S. Tesoro commemorative stampsGMA NewsThe Philippine Postal Corp. on Thursday has released a set of stamps to commemorate the birth centenary of Salud Tesoro, founder of Tesoro's handicrafts store in 1945. Image from PHLPost. PHLPost said it has printed 102,400 pieces of the commemorative … More: continued here