AS YOU prepare to send out your Christmas cards this year, you might want to think about ditching the first-class stamps. Under a little-known rule, Royal Mail is under no obligation to deliver your cards — or any other mail — on the next working day during December. More: continued …
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WISH-TV Prestigious Notre Dame medal for sale on eBayWISH-TVSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A medal that the University of Notre Dame awards annually that it describes as the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics is up for sale on eBay. The South Bend Tribune reports the asking …
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76ers dedicate Chamberlain postage stampUSA TODAYPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers held a ceremony to dedicate a stamp depicting Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain during halftime of Friday's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Wilt Chamberlain Limited Edition Forever stamps, … More: continued here
Read More »Best of the boards: TUI Travel, Royal Mail, President Energy – Interactive Investor
Best of the boards: TUI Travel, Royal Mail, President EnergyInteractive InvestorIn this week's best of the boards, we take a look at how users reacted to some of the top news of the past five days. After a review, Ofgem decided not to stamp conditions on Royal Mail's competitors, sending …
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The Guardian Post Office workers set to stage one-day strikeThe GuardianThis week the CWU called for a judicial review of Ofcom, the postal and media regulator, following its decision not impose new conditions on Royal Mail's direct-delivery competitors. The company has claimed that a failure to do so would threaten …
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Read More »Santa Mail: Post Office To Deliver Early Mornings, 7 Days A Week As Holidays … – CBS Local
Santa Mail: Post Office To Deliver Early Mornings, 7 Days A Week As Holidays …CBS LocalDETROIT (WWJ) – With the holidays approaching, you might have noticed mail trucks out earlier in the day — and on Sundays. The Postal Service says mail carriers will be out as early as 6:30 …
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An audit sniffing out fraud in New Jersey's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program detected 66 lottery winners who were perhaps too lucky. More: continued here
Read More »Ofcom rejects Royal Mail’s competition concerns – The Guardian
The Guardian Ofcom rejects Royal Mail's competition concernsThe GuardianRoyal Mail, which is required by law to deliver mail across Britain six days a week at uniform prices, had pushed for a full competition review after complaining that a new rival delivery service by Whistl jeopardised its own, as it was …
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