Will
your local post office be closing its doors and moving into a community
center, town hall or other business? That’s a proposal for over 3,000
locations as the U.S. Postal Service looks for ways to save money after
losing $8 billion last year. The new plan comes after the Postal Service
got a cool response from Congress on a request to cut delivery to five
days a week to save money. Source Link
An
unexpected tax break on airfares will be no break for passengers as
U.S. air carriers have boosted their ticket prices to absorb any
savings. A federal tax that expired last week can’t be collected until
Congress acts on the FAA budget. But airlines have raised their prices
to make up the the lower tax, so the bottom-line cost of a ticket is the
same. Source Link
Two
of America’s biggest fast food chains are taking steps to downsize the
calories in their kid’s meals. Burger King will no longer make fries and
soda the default choice for their kid’s meals, and is offering apple
slices, fat-free milk or juice. McDonald’s says it will cut in half the
portion size of it’s children's french fries and add apple slices to
their Happy Meal. Source Link
