December 16 marks the busiest day of the year for the United States Postal Service.  The USPS expects to handle from letters to parcels, 600 million pieces of mail today. More: continued here

Lexingtonians are trying to get their gifts and cards sent off before Christmas Day. More: continued here

Ship from home, avoid the post office during the holiday rushWTOPCustomers with access to the internet can contact postal workers, print shipping labels from home and have mail picked up, instead of waiting in line at a local post office. (WTOP File). GERMANTOWN, Md. – The rush of holiday shipping …

Moncler Tops Royal Mail for Europe's Best IPO Debut of 2013BloombergThe gain eclipsed October's 38 percent first-day jump of state-run U.K. postal operator Royal Mail Plc (RMG) and gave the Milan-based company a market value of about 3.7 billion euros ($5.1 billion). The maker of $1,220 quilted polyester jackets …and …

Millions head to Post Office on busiest mailing dayWATE-TVThe Cedar Bluff location already had a line stretching to the door. Even the normally faster self-service kiosk was backed up. The North Broadway location wasn't as busy. "At this post office, it really doesn't get that bad," said Jean Smith. "I …

A little over a year ago, I wrote about eBay Now — the online marketplace’s same-day delivery service. I found the idea intriguing, but it didn’t work very well in my encounters, mainly because the payment system — which involved the courier using PayPal to swipe the credit card upon …

NBC Bay Area Monday Is Post Office's Busiest Day Of The YearCBS LocalMIAMI (CBSMiami) – If you finished your Christmas shopping over the weekend and planned to get your holiday cards in the mail today, join the crowd. The U.S. Post Office said Monday was their busiest mailing day of …

THERE are fears over the future of Roman Road Post Office, in Taunton, after it shut without warning. More: continued here

"You ain't stealing. You ain't begging. We're just surviving, best we can."Washington PostThe increase in her income disqualified her from food stamps, and buying food with cash left nothing to pay the gas bill, and cutting off the heat made the winter seem endless, and the combination of the cold …

It is one of the busiest days for FedEx this Christmas season as the company expects to handle 20 million packages Monday alone More: continued here