Smaller towns adjusting to post office changesKCCI Des MoinesThe Sioux City Journal reports many residents are happy they still have a post office even if they have less access to it. The U.S. Postal Service has reduced hours at more than 7,000 post offices nationwide and consolidated 143 mail processing …

Changes will include a new post office in Williston and higher wages to attract rural letter carriers More: continued here

Union will have the right to make representations to the Royal Mail board – plus, there will be monthly chinwags Struggling to get a decent pay rise? Unhappy about being on a zero-hour contract? Concerned about the size of your pension pot for when you retire? Then join a union …

Diane Ogden’s 30-year stint with the U.S. Post Office ended the same way her appearance on the popular CBS reality show “Survivor” did — sooner than she expected. More: continued here

Isle of Man Today Stamps mark battle's 1000th anniversaryIsle of Man TodayThe Isle of Man Post Office has launched a special commemorative set of stamps, marking the millennium anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf. The postal service has also produced a first day cover edition of the stamps which are …

The controversial privatisation of Royal Mail will come under the spotlight again this week with a series of hearings by MPs and renewed questioning of the Business Secretary. More: continued here

* Running shoes makers ban sales on Ebay, Amazon DUESSELDORF, Germany, April 28 (Reuters) – The German cartel office expressed concern on Monday over the way sports goods maker Asics Corp limits sales of its products online to authorised dealers. The Cartel Office said in a statement it objected to …

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US government alleges insider trading in eBay dealNDTVFederal prosecutors in Philadelphia charged Saridakis, who led the marketing solutions division of GSI Commerce Inc, in a so-called criminal information with securities fraud for leaking material nonpublic information in March 2011 about eBay's plan to … More: continued here

Poverty in Oregon: Interactive maps show food stamps, welfare, Medicaid …The OregonianNearly five years after the Great Recession officially ended, more than one in five Oregonians continues to rely on food stamps and nearly 17 percent live in poverty. Rural Oregon counties continue to fare the worst, with food stamps …