Food stampsHeraldNet (blog)We're going to need a bigger mailbox: The U.S. Postal Service, looking to turn around its bleak financial picture, has proposed adding grocery deliveries to its mail carrying duties. The Post Office would work with local retailers to deliver groceries …and more » More: continued here
Vince Cable MP meets Royal Mail bosses to discuss Whitton postcode sagaYour Local GuardianCampaigners and Twickenham MP Vince Cable met with Royal Mail bosses to discuss the prospect of creating a new post town for Whitton. Dr Cable met postal chiefs on Friday, September 19, to put forward the case for a post town called…
New York Times Pimco Fixed-Income Manager Gross Made Investing Engaging With Farcical AnticsNew York TimesAfter collecting stamps as a child, he resumed the hobby in the early 1990s as a way to “reconnect with my childhood.” Treating stamps as an investible asset, Mr. Gross acquired a comprehensive collection of United States stamps issued in the…
How Food Stamps Help Entrepreneurs SucceedInc.comThe first version of Olds' paper on entrepreneurship and food stamps was called Makers Versus Takers. "My PhD advisor said it was too incendiary, and that I should change it," says Olds. He switched to the slightly more staid "Food Stamp Entrepreneurs.". More: continued here
Mail and milk: Struggling Postal Service wants to deliver groceriesWashington Post (blog)The Postal Service sent its proposal to the Postal Regulatory Commission on Tuesday, seeking approval from the panel. The agency wants to begin testing on Oct. 24, with the process lasting up to two years, although it could choose to make the program … More:…
ONE of Scotland's landmark post offices is earmarked for closure next year, with plans to transform it into a major restaurant. More: continued here
Brisbane Times eBay and Ticketmaster argue 'resale is what fans want'Brisbane TimesOnline auction giant eBay was moved to write to the inquiry in response to Clause 31 of the bill, which places prohibitions on the sale of tickets from within a controlled area or a major event area or at a price that is 10…
Will eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) Survive Alibaba (NYSE:BABA)?Stocks.orgWith its accomplishment in IPO, Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) is giving serious competition to eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY). Evidence shows that Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) is more than ready to take on eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) on its own. It's not just the monetary advantage …Stocks in the Spotlight – eBayInc, (EBAY), Lowe's Companies, (NYSE:LOW),The …Techsonian (press release)all 3…
Outlets want govt to lift restrictions on reselling event tickets. More: continued here
Wall Street Journal The Irish Post Office Has a Plan To Tell One Murphy From AnotherWall Street JournalThe antecedents of American ZIP Codes appeared in 1943, when the U.S. post office had to quickly replace men who had gone off to war with letter carriers unfamiliar with neighborhoods. As sorting-machine technology developed, U.S. postal codes…