Workers who deliver money to Post Offices will stage a 24-hour strike in a dispute over pay and jobs ahead of Christmas. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are set to walk out on December 12. More: continued here
The Guardian Small Business Saturday: why small sellers are a priority for eBayThe GuardianLast weekend, we saw our busiest online shopping day for sellers on eBay in the UK. We predicted that eBay's UK sellers would sell over 1,800 items every minute and while the final figures aren't in, it seems that you beat this…
Philadelphia Magazine (blog) Wilt Chamberlain Stamps Debut TodayPhiladelphia Magazine (blog)The icon whose dominance literally changed the rules of basketball returns to center court Friday to receive a stamping ovation when he becomes the National Basketball Association's (NBA) first player to be immortalized on a U.S. postage stamp. More: continued here
CBS Local Wilt Chamberlain Stamp Dedicated By Sixers At HalftimeCBS LocalThe Wilt Chamberlain Limited Edition Forever stamps, featuring the “Big Dipper” in poses with the Philadelphia Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers, became available on Friday morning. Chamberlain is the first NBA player to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.Postage Stamp Pays Tribute to Wilt ChamberlainNew…
Royal Mail should start to deliverProactive Investors UKRoyal Mail (LON:RMG) celebrated its IPO anniversary last month and after the early turbulence, the company appears to be stabilising after undergoing a move from public to private hands. The shares which listed at 330p last October, rocketed to 618p in …and more » More: continued here
Belfast Newsletter Royal Mail puts the blues into festivitiesBelfast NewsletterRoyal Mail now suggests its commitment to post letters to all corners of the UK may not be sustainable. Misery Mail I call it. I wonder did local boxing champion Michael Conlan know all this when he agreed to front the PO's post early for Christmas…
POST officers workers are due to go on strike during the festive period. Yesterday the Communication Workers Union (CWU) served formal notice for the strike action to Post Office Ltd. More: continued here
The city of Pasadena kicked off December with some early deliveries for a group of local kids. More: continued here
Wilt's USPS stamps get XXL unveilingNBA.com (blog)It's only fitting that the two Forever USPS postage stamps commemorating basketball Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain may barely fit on some envelopes. Chamberlain himself barely fit on the NBA scene and in a life that ended too soon at age 63 in 1999. More: continued here
Oversized stamp honors KU, NBA great ChamberlainTopeka Capital JournalAn oversized commemorative stamp honoring former University of Kansas and Hall of Fame player Wilt Chamberlain has been issued by the U.S. Postal Service, which made Chamberlain the first NBA player honored on a stamp. The two-inch stamp is nearly … More: continued here