Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has a message for America: The U.S. Postal Service is ready for a flood of election mail and is better positioned to do so than it was four years ago. The Postal Service has been undergoing rapid changes, including the opening of large hubs, but some …
Read More »Postmaster general is confident about ability to process mail-in ballots
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has a message for America: The U.S. Postal Service is ready for a flood of election mail and is better positioned to do so than it was four years ago. The Postal Service has been undergoing rapid changes, including the opening of large hubs, but some …
Read More »‘Time has come’ for rate cuts, hints Fed as Bailey hails faster fall in inflation
Jerome Powell has given his strongest hint yet that the US will start cutting interest rates next month amid hopes that inflation is finally under control across the West. The Federal Reserve chairman indicated that he will be able to reduce borrowing costs from their current level of 5.5pc in …
Read More »Hire more of our members to avert strikes, union chiefs tell rail bosses
Written assurance that LNER will end the custom would most likely be sufficient for the union to enter negotiations. A commitment to bring driver numbers up to required levels could form the basis for a long-term agreement. Royal Mail’s plan to halt postal train operations by October 10 after almost 200 …
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Ottawa, Aug. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHAT: Member delegates of The Royal Canadian Legion from across Canada will gather to elect new national officers to two-year terms; review national committee reports; hear from various stakeholder group representatives; and vote on resolutions to …
Read More »Sales of iPhone fall to three-year low as Apple’s popularity drops in China
Sales of the iPhone have fallen to the lowest level for three years after Apple’s popularity dropped in China and as shoppers wait for new models. Apple recorded an 1pc drop in quarterly iPhone revenues on Thursday night to $39.3bn (£30.9bn), the lowest figure since 2021. While a small drop, …
Read More »Post Office’s head of postmasters makes abrupt exit in wake of Horizon scandal
Another top executive is leaving the Post Office as the embattled business prepares for the final stage of the Horizon inquiry. Staff were told on Wednesday that Martin Roberts, group chief retail officer at the taxpayer-owned organisation, will leave on Aug 2. He has been in post since Feb 2022 …
Read More »Evri to create 9,000 jobs in battle with Royal Mail
The parcel delivery business Evri is to hire 9,000 extra workers in a race to take on Royal Mail, just days after agreeing to be taken over by a giant buyout fund. Evri said it planned to take on 8,000 more delivery drivers and 1,000 more workers amid exploding demand …
Read More »Why Britain’s F-35s could be consigned to the scrap heap
Yet defenders of the F-35 say it is a highly capable aircraft that is proving doubters wrong, with orders flooding in from Nato countries such as Germany, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Greece in recent years. Deployments of F-35s in Syria against Islamic State and on Eastern Europe’s …
Read More »Prince Harry says his crusade against British tabloids has contributed to royal family rift
FILE – Britain’s Prince Harry leaves after attending an Invictus Games Foundation 10th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, on May 8, 2024. Prince Harry said that his crusade against the British tabloids has contributed to his royal family rift, according to a documentary airing Thursday …
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