Concho valley homepage Costs of stamps continues to riseConcho valley homepageThe price of stamps is set to increase the largest its been in 11 years, according to the United States Postal Service. Stamps will increase from 46 cents to 49 cents, almost half-a-dollar. We took to the post office to …

ROYAL MAIL flirted with financial disaster three years ago, with directors repeatedly forced to convince auditors it was a going concern. The crisis is revealed by Moya Greene, Royal Mail’s chief executive, in an interview with The Sunday Times. More: continued here

The writing is on the wall for a small Floyd County town. After 98 years the town of Aiken will officially say goodbye to their post office after proprietors decided not to extend their contract with More: continued here

You Should Probably Buy Some Stamps Before January 26Business InsiderRegulators on Tuesday approved a temporary price hike of 3 cents for a first-class stamp, bringing the charge to 49 cents a letter in an effort to help the Postal Service recover from severe mail decreases brought on by the 2008 …

Royal Mail PLC : Thanks to postmen and women ; In Brief4-traders (press release)CLEETHORPES MP Martin Vickers visited Royal Mail's Immingham delivery office to pass on encouragement to the postmen and women at their busiest time of year. He was shown round the office by manager Glynn Mazingham and introduced …

Buyers Call eBay Greedy over Loyalty Program Scale-BackEcommerceBytes (blog)The word "greed" was tossed around by eBay buyers on discussion boards on Saturday in protest of a new policy. You read that right – it was buyers who were making their voices heard in protest over eBay's latest policy change, though …

Aiken post office to close Jan. 1Plainview Daily HeraldThe brass U.S. Geological Survey benchmark beside the steps of the U.S. Post Office often is an overlooked but very important local marker. According to County Surveyor Carl Joe Williams, the marker was placed in 1934 by what was then the U.S. …

Royal Mail PLC : Mother's lost mail anguish ; PEOPLE4-traders (press release)A PENCLAWDD mother is distraught after her son failed to receive the Pounds 60 in shopping vouchers she sent to him in Leeds using the Royal Mail . Ruby Davies , 57, said she originally paid Pounds 6.22 for …

Yorkers say they'll still buy (few) stampsYork DispatchThis Feb. 7 file photo shows packages waiting to be sorted in a Post Office in Atlanta. Regulators on Tuesday approved a price hike of 3 cents for a first-class stamp, bringing the charge to 49 cents a letter in an effort to …

CNBC.com USPS seeks increase in cost of stampsMyFox Washington DCThe postal Board of Governors said Wednesday it wants to raise the price of a first-class stamp by 3 cents, citing the agency's "precarious financial condition" and the uncertain prospects for postal overhaul legislation in Congress. "Of the options …Going up: …