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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall a Little Over 2% (GoldSeek.com)
Gold rose $7.67 to $885.17 and silver climbed $0.255 to $11.74 in early Asian trade before both metals plummeted to as low as $844.10 and $10.543 by about 9AM EST to see losses of 3.8% and 8.2%, but they then rallied back higher into the close and ended with losses of just 2.4% and 2.1%. Australia tightens grip (The Hindu)
Sydney: Peter Siddle's maiden five-wicket haul blighted South Africa's response as Australia tightened its grip on the proceedings on day three of the third and final cricket Test here on Monday. Who Pays for Email? (CircleID)
An acquaintance wondered why the people who run the systems that receive mail get to make all the rules about what gets delivered. After all, he noted: Studies link maternity leave with fewer C-sections and increased breastfeeding (EurekAlert!)
( University of California - Berkeley ) Two new studies led by UC Berkeley researchers find that women who start their leave in the last month of pregnancy are less likely to have cesarean deliveries, and that new mothers are more likely to establish breastfeeding the longer they delay their return to work. The studies take a rare look into whether taking maternity leave can affect health ... New Year's Day closings announced (Albert Lea Tribune)
Albert Lea Postmaster Florence Welch announces several changes for New Year's Day, Jan. 1. As a result, on Thursday the post office lobby, service counter and bulk mail acceptance facilities will be closed. There will be no delivery service and mail will not be sorted to post office boxes. Gloomy forecast (The Hindu)
The forecast is that more than 200 box ships will be laid up soon on the back of falling cargo demand, plunging freight rates and vessel hires and a flood of tonnage on major trade lanes. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow (Odessa American)
Holiday break. It's a time when ECISD school officials are off. Almost. The mail facility worked Monday to Wednesday this week to get report cards sent to students. Spiroflow Shows Complete Range of Conveying and Bulk Bag Handling Equipment at Pack Expo ... (ThomasNet)
November 2008 CHARLOTTE, N.C. ---Spiroflow Systems, Inc., of Charlotte, North Carolina, sister company to UK-based Spiroflow Ltd., showed its comprehensive range of standard and custom-made conveying and bulk bag handling equipment and two newly developed products at PACK EXPO International in Chicago, November 9-13. Among new products shown by Spiroflow at Pack Expo was a new, economic range of ... Most local U.S. post offices will be closing early today (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
U.S. Postal Service workers across the state will start their New Year's Day celebration early as most post offices will close their doors early today. NEW YEAR'S DAY CLOSINGS (The Daily Times)
The following are closings for New Year's.
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