Thousands of postal workers across the UK will go on strike on Friday in protest against cuts at Royal Mail, threatening the worst disruption to deliveries in years. The action will be the latest stage in a series of strikes over ...Read More
The Unite trade union has urged British Airways to resume peace talks as cabin crews prepare toentertheir third day of strike action with both sides claiming to have landed blows in the dispute.
Tony Woodley, the joint general secretary of Unite, ...Read More
PARK CITY, Utah -- U.S. Ski Team chief Bill Marolt has issued an apology after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence not far from the team's headquarters in Park City. In a brief statement released Saturday, Marolt apologized ...Read More
The Unite union says there has been a "strong" turnout as British Airways cabin crew begin strike action that will cause severe disruption to flights for the next three days. Unite national officer Steve Turner says 105 planes have been grounded ...Read More
BA says that 65% of passengers will be able to fly this weekend
Passengers at Heathrow's Terminal Five - British Airways' dedicated terminal - have reported little disruption during the cabin crew strike.
An estimated 60% of BA long-haul and 30% ...Read More
March 20 (Bloomberg) -- About 20,000 Thai protesters flooded Bangkok's streets in pick-up trucks and cars, extending into a second week their pressure on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign. “The situation is peaceful and under control,” police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri ...Read More
The iPad accessories -- a keyboard dock, a case, the generic dock, the 10-watt power adapter, the dock connector to VGA adapter, plus the generic wireless keyboard and A/V cables -- have ship dates ranging from 24 hours until May. Apple ...Read More
PARIS (AP) -- United Airlines has made a firm order for 25 of Airbus' A350 extra-wide bodied jets, fulfilling a commitment signed in December, the European aircraft manufacturer said Wednesday. Deliveries of the 314-seat A350-900s are scheduled to begin in 2016 ...Read More
John Potter, the latest in a long line of Postmasters General stretching back to Benjamin Franklin in 1775, let it slip to reporters in Washington Tuesday that his financially-squeezed Postal Service was pondering an end to Saturday mail delivery. Because that ...Read More
March 4 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Postal Service, facing a $238 billion budget deficit by 2020, should consider cutting delivery to as few as three days a week as the agency attempts to pare costs, a consulting firm said. Those cuts ...Read More
The U.S. Postal Service stepped up its campaign to end Saturday deliveries to help stem losses, but the move met with skepticism that signals an uphill battle for approval by regulators and Congress. Postal officials sought support for a broad restructuring ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service announced a 10-year plan for coping with its financially strapped future Tuesday. Here are some questions and answers. QUESTION: How bad is it? ANSWER: The agency faces a possible loss of $7 billion this year and ...Read More
Washington (CNN) -- A Pentagon study on how to implement a plan to allow gays to serve openly in the military, "can only be successful if it is managed in a way that minimizes disruption to a force engaged in ...Read More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service must make drastic changes to avert a projected loss of $238 billion over the next decade, including closing post office branches and raising prices, Postmaster General John Potter said Tuesday.
The Postal Service also released ...Read More
(Adds GM executive changes starting in fourth paragraph.) March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co., buoyed by redesigned cars and a rebound in truck demand, posted a 43 percent jump in U.S. sales in February to beat General Motors Co. in ...Read More
* Postal service facing shortfall as mail volume drops Stocks | Bonds | Industrials * Price hike and service changes seen WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service, faced with a dwindling number of customers and growing shortfalls, plans to raise ...Read More
Is the Postal Service about to vanish into the dusts of time with the Pony Express? Probably not. The US mail dates back to the nation's founding and still handles 177 billion letters, catalogs, bills, and packages every year. The Pony ...Read More
Is Saturday mail delivery on its way out? The U.S. Postal Service lost $3.8 billion last year, and Postmaster General John E. Potter will release projections Tuesday showing things aren't likely to improve any time soon. Not with more people paying ...Read More
