Postal workers have protested the program for months, objecting to expanding post office services to Staples stores, staffed with non-union workers. The news comes days after the American Postal Workers Union won the support of the American Federation of Teachers after it approved a resolution to boycott Staples. More: continued …

Gamasutra EBay VP and Seattle general manager Ken Moss joins Electronic Arts as CTOGeekWirePrior to eBay, Moss spent 20 years at Microsoft before helping to start Seattle-based CrowdEye. At eBay, he was VP of the company's marketplaces technology, science and data, leading a group of 1,300 employees. He reported directly …

Bay will release its Q2 2014 earnings on July 16. We expect robust growth driven by continued expansion in Europe, growing e-commerce volume, the positive impact of a new delivery system that allows customer to collect their purchases from a nearby store and PayPal?s ever-growing customer base. The company?s stock …

UK taxpayers lost £1bn on Royal Mail saleFinancialAdvice.co.ukThe privatisation of the Royal Mail could have lost UK taxpayers around £1bn, according to a select committee of MPs. Royal Mail shares were priced at 330p when 60% of the company was floated on the stock market; however these have since peaked …

EBay, Sotheby's Team Up to Stream Auctions: Will Consumers Bite?Fox BusinessEBay is known as the place to score a designer bag at a lower price or to bid on concert tickets, but now art collectors can get in on the auction action. The online shopping giant is partnering with world-famous …

US House passes resolution to name Jackson post office after slain officer …The Jackson Citizen PatriotJackson Police Department Sgt. David Stadelman and others stand in silent reverence on Friday morning after a prairiefire crabapple tree was planted in honor of fallen officer James Bonneau at the Ella Sharp Museum of …

Rep. Lipinski's Bill Renaming Mount Greenwood Post Office for Fallen …Chicago TribuneToday the House of Representatives passed Congressman Dan Lipinski's (IL-3) bill, H.R. 3085, renaming Chicago's Mount Greenwood post office as the Captain Herbert Johnson Memorial Post Office Building. Captain Herbert "Herbie" Johnson died on … More: continued here

Post office prices to increaseTimes-JournalThe U.S. Postal Service is raising the rental fee for post office boxes in 1,625 areas nationwide, including Fort Payne. The increases will average about 20 percent for each box, according to govexec.com, a publication for senior executives and … More: continued here

Pilot Program to Set Up Mini Post Offices in Staples Stores to EndWall Street JournalThe office retailer began the pilot program last fall, and staffers in 82 stores in four states offer only USPS shipping services at postal service-branded counters. The chain and the postal agency said the program was …

Though the battle over infrastructure spending is occupying much of Washington this week, former Vice President Dick Cheney is urging lawmakers to forget about highways – and beef up the Pentagon’s budget instead. The federal Highway Trust Fund is on the brink of going belly up unless Congress finds a …