Canada Post Responds to Cost Pressures with 2009 Pricing Strategy (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) In response to rising cost pressures, Canada Post is proposing an amendment to the Letter Mail Regulations to establish the rates of postage for domestic Lettermail for the next three years. The domestic Lettermail rate would increase from 52 to 54 cents in January 2009. The rate would rise by two cents per year in the following two years....more...Stamp prices to increase: Canada Post (Montreal Gazette) The cost of a regular letter-mail stamp will jump two cents to 54 cents next January, Canada Post said. ...more... Canada Post seeks two-cent increase in the price of stamps (The Guardian) Canada Post is seeking a two-cent increase on the price of sending a letter in Canada because of rising cost pressures for fuel and transportation....more... Canada Post asks for 6-cent stamp increase over 3 years (Nanaimo Daily News) OTTAWA - Like the rising costs of food and gas, it seems like Canadians will soon have to pay a little more on their next trip to the mailbox. Canada Post is proposing to increase the prices of domestic stamps by two cents every year for the next three years, according to a news release Thursday....more... Canada Post asks for 6-cent stamp increase over 3 years (Victoria Times Colonist) Like the rising costs of food and gas, it seems like Canadians will soon have to pay a little more on their next trip to the mailbox. ...more... Business Briefly: WaMu hires president for banking (Everett Herald) Washington Mutual Inc., the nation's largest savings and loan, said Monday it replaced the president of its retail banking division, James Corcoran....more... Brewing storm over Labour's dream of wind power future (Daily Telegraph) Today's long-awaited renewable energy strategy is already being blown away by industry experts, reports Ambrose Evans-Pritchard....more... Andy Borowitz Archives (Jewish World Review) 06/06/08 : Bill Clinton Updates Facebook Profile 06/04/08 : Straight man accidentally sees ?Sex and the City? 05/15/08 : Hillary Vows to Fight on for Edwards' Endorsement 05/13/08 : Bill Clinton Switches to Obama 05/08/08 : Math Favors Hillary, Says Huckabee 05/06/08 : Obama Proposes Gas-bag Holiday 05/01/08 : Obama De-friends Wright on Facebook 04/29/08 : Rev. Wright Launches Own 24-Hr....more... Business Line Headlines Saturday, August 04, 2001 (The Hindu) Agriculture Moisture stress threatens oilseeds crop -- Rainfall deficiency in AP, TN affects groundnut acreage A PROLONGED dry spell, extending up to 4-5 consecutive weeks, have held up sowings of groundnut, sunflower and other kharif oilseeds in most parts of Rayalseema in Andhra Pradesh, North Interior Karnataka, Marathwada and some parts of Tamil Nadu, the Agr iculture Ministry has said....more... |