Shareholders at Royal Mail's first annual meeting were dismayed to hear that bicycles are no longer practical for parcel deliveries – but approved all 22 resolutions anyway More: continued here

BikeRadar.com Le Tour Stage 18: Nibali Stamps Authority On His TourPodium CafeIt is too soon to call Nibali the winner of this year's Tour because misfortune could still strike in the three stages that remain, but the Italian seems destined to stamp his authority on a race that many believe …

The News Rep. Richmond proposes bill to allow post offices to offer banking servicesThe Times-Picayune"These are primarily low-income households that are forced to pay exorbitant interest rates to predatory lenders in order to borrow. Allowing the Post Office to offer some basic financial services would save these households thousands of …

Syrian President Issues New Stamps, But Can't Deliver The MailNPR (blog)As the Middle East froths with blood — from Iraq to Syria to the Gaza Strip — a commemorative set of three stamps depicting Syrian President Bashar Assad may not seem hugely relevant. But these pieces of paper tell us …

KVUE EDITORIAL: Tax growth can get deputies off food stampsBeaumont EnterpriseIf you're thinking about the average person on food stamps in America, you're probably not thinking about a trained and educated sheriff's deputy. Yet in Liberty County, six of the 37 deputies are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …Liberty …

CITY A.M. Royal Mail chairman: Bike deliveries are now thing of the pastCITY A.M.Shares in Royal Mail have suffered after the company warned on parcel revenues in an interim management statement earlier this week. Competition in the key market has heated up. At the AGM, Greene cited Amazon's switch towards …

The set of three stamps commemorates Bashar Assad's recent presidential election victory. But what seems like a mundane occurrence says a lot about power in the war-torn country. More: continued here

New Delhi, July (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the President's Estate Branch of United Bank of India and Rashtrapati Bhavan Post Office in their new buildings here on Thursday. The President's Estate Branch of United Bank of India was established on February 28, 1976 and inaugurated by the then President …

The 32-year-old is developing a luxury hotel out of the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C. More: continued here

NEW YORK — EBay Inc. is selling $3.48 billion worth of bonds in a deal that is expected to close early next week, the Internet company said late Wednesday. The debt sale comes in five fixed- and floating-rate parts, with maturities ranging from three to 10 years. The 10-year note …