Group Calls for Payment Changes in Lifeline Program, Looks to Food Stamp…Roll Call (blog)In essence, the service provider-centric Lifeline Program is built like an upside-down Food Stamps program that limits consumer choice by paying a grocery store to allow consumers to shop only at that store. By contrast, the existing …
Read More »Berkeley: Post office sale heads to court
The action will block the sale at least until Nov. 10, when attorneys representing the city, which requested the temporary restraining order, will face the U.S. Postal Service in Oakland's Northern District Court. Berkeley developer Hudson McDonald told the online news site Berkeleyside that the firm is negotiating with USPS …
Read More »Berkeley: Post office sale heads to court – Contra Costa Times
Daily Californian Berkeley: Post office sale heads to courtContra Costa TimesBERKELEY — A U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday issued an order prohibiting the U.S. Postal Service from selling Berkeley's century-old downtown post office. The action will block the sale at least until Nov. 10, when attorneys representing the …Berkeley …
Read More »Australian Shoppers Dodge Sales Taxes With Oregon Post Office Box – GoLocalPDX
GoLocalPDX Australian Shoppers Dodge Sales Taxes With Oregon Post Office BoxGoLocalPDXAustralians will be able to obtain their own American post office box addresses thanks to a new initiative spearheaded by the country's national postal service. The Australia Post recently opened a warehouse in Oregon as part of the new enterprise …
Read More »Post Office to deliver 7 days a week for the holidays
The Postal Service predicts double digit package growth during the holiday season, in the range of 450 to 470 million packages More: continued here
Read More »Post Office To Deliver Packages On Sundays During The Holidays
Seven-day delivery will run from Nov. 17 through Christmas Day in response to anticipated growing demands. More: continued here
Read More »Postal Service makes holiday delivery, stamp changes – CBS News
CBS News Postal Service makes holiday delivery, stamp changesCBS NewsRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus are moving from Americans' televisions to their mailboxes this holiday season. The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday that it would issue four of its Forever stamps for characters from the holiday …and more » More: continued …
Read More »BIR extends cigarette stamping deadline
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has extended anew the deadline for local cigarette manufacturers to affix tax stamps on the packages of its products.In signing Revenue Regulations No. 9-2014 the other day, BIR Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares said "all locally manufactured packs of cigarettes shall be affixed with the …
Read More »First-year French teachers get food stamps instead of salaries – FRANCE 24
First-year French teachers get food stamps instead of salariesFRANCE 24Some French elementary school teachers starting their careers in the Paris region have not been paid since the start of the school year. They say the missing salaries are just a part of a larger, dysfunctional system. After a career in …
Read More »Sweden’s Postal Service Is Putting Robyn, Max Martin, and Avicii on Stamps – Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog) Sweden's Postal Service Is Putting Robyn, Max Martin, and Avicii on StampsSlate Magazine (blog)Today, I'm taking a break from envying Sweden for its generous welfare state so that I can spend time envying it for its progressive taste in stamps. The country's postal service is out with …
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