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☆ Britain’s Royal Mail can’t deliver letters and parcels on time
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —An entire museum in London is dedicated to celebrating the 500-year-long history of British postal services. Royal Mail, the official postal service of the United Kingdom, cannot deliver letters and parcels on time, according to the country’s communications regulator. Royal Mail has struggled with falling demand for parcel deliveries as hard-pressed consumers cut spending and as a surge in online shopping during the Covid-19 pandemic has faded. “Last year was uniquely challenging for Royal Mail,” the postal and delivery services group said in a statement Monday. It’s the second time in three-and-a-half years that Ofcom has fined Royal Mail for late deliveries.

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HENRICO, Va. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger announced Monday she will run for Virginia governor in 2025 instead of seeking reelection to the U.S. House next year. Spanberger, a three-term Democrat, made the announcement in a campaign video, highlighting the importance of lowering prescription drug prices, growing the middle class and easing inflation. Her decision not to seek reelection in the House could lead to a competitive Democratic primary in the 7th. Postal Service won her first congressional race in a district that had been held by Republicans for almost 50 years. Last month, former Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn announced she would not run for governor in 2025 and will instead run next year to represent the competitive northern Virginia congressional seat being vacated by a fellow Democrat, U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton.

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☆ Public workers may receive reduced Social Security benefits. There’s growing support in Congress to change that
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The benefits were adjusted based on rules for workers who earn both pension and Social Security benefits. Today, Dave is pushing for the Social Security rules that reduced his benefits to be changed. Social Security benefits are calculated using a worker's average indexed monthly earnings, and then using a formula to calculate a worker's basic benefit amount. If two-thirds of the government pension is more than the Social Security benefit, the Social Security benefit may be zero. Part of what may create that advantage is that Social Security benefits are progressive, and therefore replace a larger share of income for lower earners.

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☆ What’s open and closed on Veterans Day 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Veterans Day honors active and former US service members. However, since that day falls on a Saturday this year, some will observe the holiday on Friday, November 10. Here’s what will be open and closed on Veterans Day 2023 and the day on which some will observe it. On Friday, the day before Veterans Day, FedEx will operate as normal except for modified service for FedEx Express and FedEx Ground Economy. On Saturday, FedEx will close FedEx Ground, FedEx Ground Economy and FedEx Freight.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Wells, Justin Sullivan, Mario Anzuoni, Joe Raedle Organizations: New, New York CNN, Veterans, Banking Federal, Governors, Bank of America, Saturday, JPMorgan, Bank, Citibank, The New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Veterans Day, FedEx, FedEx Express, Economy, FedEx Freight, United States Postal Service, Reuters Government, Miami - Dade Public Library, Getty, Target, Walmart, Kroger Locations: New York, Wells Fargo, San Bruno , California, ”, Miami, Miami , Florida

Federal appeals courts have come to different decisions about whether the regulation defining a bump stock as a machine gun comports with federal law. The Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks was an about-face for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The full U.S. 5th Circuit ruled 13-3 in January that Congress would have to change federal law to ban bump stocks. But a panel of three judges on the federal appeals court in Washington looked at the same language and came to a different conclusion. As such, it is a machine gun under the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act.”A decision is expected by early summer in Garland v. Cargill, 22-976.

Persons: Biden, Trump, Obama, Jennifer Walker Elrod, Robert Wilkins Organizations: WASHINGTON, Supreme, Justice Department, U.S, Circuit, Trump, of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Las, ATF, 5th Circuit, National Firearms Act, Control, U.S ., Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Cargill Locations: Las Vegas, New Orleans, Washington, Garland

☆ Zebra Technologies beats quarterly profit expectations, sees soft demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Barcode scanner maker Zebra Technologies Corp (ZBRA.O) beat third-quarter profit and revenue estimates on Tuesday but forecast a bigger-than-expected drop in the fourth-quarter net sales due to slowing tech spending in a tough economy. With inflation and weak consumer spending still weighing on the company's operations, it expects free cash flow to remain negative this year. Zebra Technologies initiated several cost-cutting measures in the second quarter, such as slowing hiring and downsizing its offices, to combat the impact of soft demand across its end-markets. Its third-quarter revenue of $956 million beat expectations of $926.3 million, while adjusted earnings of 87 cents per share came above estimates of 81 cents per share. The company said it now expects annual cost savings to be about $100 million, up from $85 million, from its cost initiatives.

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CNN —For the victims of the mass shooting Wednesday night in Lewiston, Maine, it was an ordinary night out. Even on her night off on Wednesday, Asselin was at Just-in-Time, her brother told CNN. He was one the victims lost in the shooting in Maine,” the organization wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. Arthur “Artie” StroutArthur "Artie" Strout Strout family/WBZArthur “Artie” Strout, 42, was at Schemengees during the shooting, his father, Arthur Bernard, told CNN affiliate WBZ. His death has left his family in “shock and profound grief,” his family member Cecile Francoeur Martin told CNN.

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The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is one of three sprawling but sparsely populated nations that have U.S. ties governed by so-called Compacts of Free Association (COFAs), under which Washington is responsible for their defense and provides economic assistance, while gaining exclusive military access to strategic swathes of ocean. Yun said he signed the agreement with RMI Foreign Minister Jack Ading in Honolulu, Hawaii, at a ceremony also attended by Marshallese President David Kabua. Analysts and former officials had blamed a delay in finalizing the Marshall Islands COFA on U.S. State Department lawyers wanting to control how new funds were spent and objecting to their being earmarked to address the nuclear legacy, fearing this could lay the U.S. open to more claims. A person familiar with the deal said all current federal programs, including education programs and the U.S. Reporting by David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina; Editing by Sandra Maler and Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Reese’s may be in violation of state and federal laws with its new sweepstakes offer currently advertised on packs of peanut butter cups. Sweepstakes are primarily governed by state laws, which require that no purchase is necessary to participate. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesThree federal agencies — Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Postal Service — also enforce laws governing sweepstakes depending on the medium. The Postal Service requires mailed sweepstakes offers to make clear that no purchase is necessary, for example.

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The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is one of three sprawling but sparsely populated nations that have U.S. ties governed by so-called Compacts of Free Association (COFAs), under which Washington is responsible for their defense and provides economic assistance, while gaining exclusive military access to strategic swathes of ocean. Yun told Reuters he planned to sign the COFA deal with RMI Foreign Minister Jack Adding in Honolulu, Hawaii, at 2 p.m. local time (0000 GMT Tuesday). Analysts and former officials had blamed a delay in finalizing the Marshall Islands COFA on U.S. State Department lawyers wanting to control how new funds were spent and objecting to their being earmarked to address the nuclear legacy, fearing this could lay the U.S. open to more claims. A person familiar with the deal said all current federal programs, including education programs and the U.S. Reporting by David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina; Editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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When her husband, a UPS truck driver, nearly died from heatstroke, Theresa Klenk stepped in to help workers negotiate for air conditioning in all UPS trucks. At the time, she said, no UPS drivers wanted to speak up about the increasingly brutal conditions for fear of being reprimanded. According to UPS, drivers stop on average every three minutes — barely enough time for air-conditioning to make a dent. This year’s record heat caused dozens of deaths, filled some hospitals to pandemic levels and prompted government warnings about avoiding extended exposure to heat. It was a bittersweet victory for Jim and Theresa Klenk.

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☆ What’s open and closed on Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Americans celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day on the second Monday of October each year. Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes the contributions and legacy of those who lived here long before Christopher Columbus erroneously claimed to have discovered America. President Joe Biden formally recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2021 by signing a proclamation stating that federal policies “systematically sought to assimilate and displace Native people and eradicate Native cultures.”Some states officially celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and others commemorate it through proclamations. More than 100 cities have replaced Columbus Day altogether with the holiday. Chase Bank and TD Bank will be open for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

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☆ U.S. Postal Service Seeks to Raise Stamp Prices for Third Time in a Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ US Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices to 68 cents
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A United States Postal Service (USPS) mailbox is seen in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 6 (Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) said on Friday it wants to raise the price of first-class mail stamps to 68 cents from 66 cents effective Jan. 21. The proposal, which must be approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission, would raise mailing services product prices by about 2%, significantly less than prior price hikes. Stamp prices are up 32% over the last four years since early 2019 when they were 50 cents. USPS has been raising stamp prices twice yearly and expects its "new pricing policy to generate $44 billion in additional revenue" by 2031.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, David Shepardson, Chris Reese, Sandra Maler Organizations: United States Postal Service, REUTERS, Postal Regulatory Commission, USPS, Service, U.S . Congress, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S

☆ Taylor Swift is 'probably the only person who can' defeat Trump in 2024, says former Trump aide
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift may be the "only person" who can defeat Trump in 2024, says an ex-Trump aide. Alyssa Farah Griffin previously served as Trump's White House communications director. AdvertisementAdvertisementTaylor Swift may have the best chance of beating Donald Trump in next year's presidential election, said a former White House communications director for Trump. "During the day on Tuesday, we saw a 1,226% jump in participation the hour after Taylor Swift posted," Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org, told Insider in a statement. Representatives for Swift and Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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Uber is adding a new task to its list of services: mailing consumers' return packages. Uber will charge a flat fee of $5 for the service or $3 for its Uber One members. While the service is expected to be used primarily to return packages, Uber drivers will also mail new packages that are sealed and have prepaid labels. Much of that volume involves delivery to businesses that do not return packages often, Jindel said, and he believes many people will continue to return packages themselves, rather than pay Uber $5 to do it. Yet Jindel estimates demand for Uber's return package service could be around 574,000 parcels on business days.

Persons: Uber, Satish Jindel, Jindel Organizations: UPS, FedEx, Drivers, U.S . Postal Service, ShipMatrix Locations: San Francisco, U.S

[1/2] A worker clears debris so delivery vehicles can exit a FedEx Ground distribution center in this aerial photograph taken over Carson, California, U.S., September 16, 2022. "They have to fight for every package right now, it's great for shippers," said LJM Consultants partner Kenneth Moyer, a former UPS pricing negotiator who now works with delivery customers. The world's biggest parcel delivery firm added it is using price negotiations to encourage attractive high-margin or high-volume customers, while discouraging high-cost deliveries. Third quarter ground delivery rates are forecast to fall 0.55% per package versus a the year earlier period, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Ground Pacrel Freight Index. But experts are skeptical, particularly as UPS offers to cover early termination fees for customers that switched to FedEx.

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☆ Curtain comes up on new term for conservative US Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( John Kruzel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. The conservative justices have shown assertiveness in major rulings in the past two years. The court has ended its recognition of a constitutional right to abortion, expanded gun rights, restricted federal agency powers, rejected affirmative action in college admissions and broadened religious rights. The justices are opening their annual term on the first Monday of October, in keeping with tradition. The term debuts with some justices under ethics scrutiny after revelations this year of their ties to wealthy conservative benefactors.

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Josh Shapiro to bypass the Legislature and start automatic voter registration. “THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL PENNSYLVANIA AGAIN BY DOING THE ‘AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION’ SCAM,” Trump wrote on his social media platform. Democrats contended that Shapiro was well within his legal authority to authorize automatic voter registration. A survey of several states with automatic voter registration revealed similar experiences. Republicans in some states that have switched to automatic registration say it will lead to fraud or illegal voting, and conservatives in Alaska have attempted to repeal that state’s automatic registration.

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☆ What happens if the government shuts down: An illustrated guide
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Amy O'Kruk | Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

A government shutdown happens when Congress doesn’t approve funding for the federal government by the time the new fiscal year starts on October 1. What it means for youBecause many federal workers are off the job during a government shutdown, many services are stopped or slowed, disturbing the day-to-day life for many Americans. What it means for government workersWhen a shutdown occurs, millions of federal employees and military service members do not get paid until it ends. During the last government shutdown in 2018-19, an estimated 420,000 federal employees worked without pay and another 380,000 were furloughed. Unlike federal workers, contractors have no guarantee of getting back pay once the government reopens.

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It’s a reality that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called “completely unfair,” as federal workers feel the brunt of lawmakers' inability to agree on a plan to fund the government. A shutdown occurs when Congress can’t pass legislation to fund the government before the start of the fiscal year. The Office of Management and Budget directs each federal agency to create a shutdown contingency plan reviewable on its website that identifies essential workers and services. Government shutdowns have become familiar to many federal workers, with the last shutdown ending in 2019. Other federal employees may hold jobs that are considered essential and may be required to work without pay during a shutdown.

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☆ How a Google loophole lets drug dealers hijack nearly any website — including our own
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Nor does it always appear to pay attention to other signals webmasters code in asking Google not to index their search results. It's why someone advertised how to buy cocaine and fentanyl in Pittsburgh on a National Institutes of Health website. It directs searchers to the Telegram user who offered to sell Insider cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines. The proliferation of drug ads in search results lands amid a growing upswell of discontent with what some users and website owners say is the declining quality of Google Search. For now, a simple Google search leads prospective drug buyers to markets on Telegram.

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☆ Esther Fung — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Esther Fung | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Esther FungEsther Fung is a reporter in The Wall Street Journal's corporate bureau in New York, where she writes about parcel-shipping companies like FedEx and UPS, freight railroads like Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern, the U.S. Postal Service and the logistics industry. She covers the ways goods are moved around the world and onto people's doorsteps. Esther previously covered the real-estate markets in the U.S. and China, and is a former Knight-Bagehot fellow at Columbia University.

Persons: Esther Fung Esther Fung, doorsteps, Esther Organizations: FedEx, UPS, Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, U.S . Postal Service, Columbia University Locations: New York, U.S, China

The DVD business destroyed competitors like Blockbuster and altered the viewing habits of the public. Once Netflix began its streaming business and then started producing original content, it transformed the entire entertainment industry. Even before the strikes, streaming had rendered DVDs obsolete, at least from a business perspective. In comparison, Netflix’s streaming revenue for the same period reached $6.5 billion. (One hundred people at Netflix still work on the DVD side of the business, though most will soon be leaving the company.)

Persons: Catherine Deneuve Organizations: Blockbuster, Netflix Locations: Hollywood, Fremont , Calif, Trenton, N.J, Dallas, Duluth, Ga, Anaheim

Federal agencies will stop all actions deemed non-essential, and millions of federal employees, including members of the military, won't receive paychecks. A shutdown happens when Congress fails to pass some type of funding legislation that is signed into law by the president. Millions of federal workers face delayed paychecks when the government shuts down, including many of the roughly 2 million military personnel and more than 2 million civilian workers across the nation. Nearly 60% of federal workers are stationed in the Defense, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security departments. Beyond federal workers, a shutdown could have far-reaching effects on government services.

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