ThinkProgress Food Stamps Recipients Prepare For Automatic Cuts In Three WeeksThinkProgressAdditional funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) provided under the 2009 stimulus bill will expire in three weeks, trimming beneficiaries' finances just in time for the added budgetary strains of winter …and more » More: continued …

Michigan Contract For Cigarette Stamps QuestionedCBS LocalThe State Administrative Board is poised to approve the Treasury Department's recommendation for a five-year contract with Xerox State & Local Solutions Inc. as early as next week. Xerox would provide 450 million counterfeit-resistant stamps, which are …and more » More: continued here

With lives on the line FedEx spending millions to make sure medicine and other medical packages are safe. More: continued here

OzarksFirst.com Post Office to Offer Holiday Job OpportunitiesOzarksFirst.comAccording to a press release, the Springfield Main Post Office, located at 500 W. Chestnut Expressway, has about 80 temporary mail handler and postal support employee (PSE) mail processing clerk positions available this season. These positions are …Post office says 300 temporary jobs to …

FedEx broke ground Thursday on a $25 million temperature-controlled cooling facility for sensitive and cold storage packages. More: continued here

A decorative lamp sits on the steps of the former downtown post office on Atlantic Street in Stamford on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. The post office closed last month on Sept. 20. More: continued here

Privatised Royal Mail shares, priced at 330p initially, are due to begin conditional trading on Friday morning. More: continued here

EBay Goes Ahead With Brazil Strategy; Launches AppInvestor’s Business DailyLocal eBay execs told the Brazilian press in August that they would launch a Portuguese-language and Portuguese-currency version of eBay's Moda fashion app, which lets mobile shoppers buy clothing, shoes, accessories, jewelry, watches and health and …and more » More: continued here

Historic Stamford post office lamp damagedThe AdvocateSTAMFORD — One of the two large ornate bronze lamps in front of the shuttered historic downtown post office on Atlantic Street was ripped off its pedestal and damaged, possibly by vandals, a workman at the site discovered Wednesday. U.S. Postal … More: continued …

BART agent convicted in eBay ticket-selling schemeSan Francisco Chronicle(10-10) 16:23 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — A BART station agent and his wife have been convicted in connection with a long-running scheme in which she used the online marketplace eBay to sell tickets he had collected from riders, authorities said Thursday. More: …