Froma Harrop: No special delivery in selling off old post officesOmaha World-HeraldThe U.S. Postal Service's bizarre decision to sell beloved old buildings to raise quick cash has created angst across the country. A 1937 post office in Virginia Beach, Virginia, was razed and replaced by a Walgreens (which, ironically, sells …

Postal frustration lingers for residents of Kansas town currently without officefox4kc.comThe city's post office has been out of commission since March 11 when a car rammed into the back of it. FOX 4 Problem Solvers first met with frustrated residents at the mobile home park nearly a month ago. They've …

Man gets 10 years for drug smuggling via post officeValley morning StarOn April 17, 2013, officers with the Cameron County District Attorney's Office Special Investigations Unit noticed suspicious behavior at a post office in Harlingen, authorities said. After continued surveillance, Rendon-Diaz, Cruz and Cardwell …Mexican gets prison, tried to mail …

EBay Uses Unusual Repatriation to Add to CoffersFox BusinessBy laying the groundwork for the unusual step of repatriating $9 billion in international profits, online marketplace eBay (EBAY) is affording itself the financial flexibility to continue a large stock buyback program and eventually fund acquisitions … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail row: Lazard was a 'priority investor' in historic listingTelegraph.co.ukThe row over Royal Mail has been inflamed after it emerged that Lazard Asset Management – the investment arm of the Government's adviser on the historic privatisation – was one of the 16 “priority” investors in the flotation. Lazard …

The family of the FedEx worker who police say went on a shooting rampage at his suburban Atlanta workplace before committing suicide has offered its "deepest sympathies and condolences" to the victims. More: continued here

Daily Mail Firm that advised ministers on Royal Mail sell-off also made £8million from sharesDaily MailLAM bought and sold them all within days and made an instant profit of £8million for its clients – making a mockery of Business Secretary Vince Cable's insistence that Royal Mail shares should only be …

BBC News 'Priority investors' drawn into uproar over Royal Mail privatisationReuters UKShares in Royal Mail have soared as much as 87 percent above the 330 pence per share Britain sold a 60 percent stake for in October. This has offered quick profits for big banks and City investors and drawn …

EBAY Stock: Ebay Punished for Paying $3 Billion Tax BillInvestorplace.comeBayNew185 EBAY Stock: Ebay Punished for Paying $3 Billion Tax Bill Ebay stock, which was already in decline before eBay fended off activist investor Carl Icahn, today is crumbling for more prosaic reasons: revenue weakness and what looks like the … More: …

Privatization of UK's Royal Mail– Goldman Sachs Gave “Priority Investor …Center for Research on GlobalizationThe Bureau reveals the shareholders given priority status in the controversial Royal Mail flotation. (Image: Royal Mail via shutterstock.com). Hundreds of City institutions registered interest in Royal Mail shares in the run up to one of …