A groundbreaking "people's bank", offering a full range of financial services and using the UK network of 12,000 post offices, is being promoted by Peter Mandelson, the business secretary. The plan to use the remaining post office outlets as the backbone of a new national bank would head off a …

A post office in Mission Valley and one in Escondido are on the chopping block as part of the U.S. Postal Service’s nationwide effort to cut costs in the face of declining revenue. More: continued here

Affiliate Summit East 2013 Passes on eBayFeedFront MagazineIf you are interested in passes listed on eBay, please be sure to contact Affiliate Summit to confirm that the pass can be transferred. All registrations have an associated reference number. Request this number from the seller, as well as the name on …

Food stamp cuts loomSharonheraldBenefits for food stamp recipients have not increased since 2009 when the stimulus increase was added, said Anne Bale, a spokeswoman with the state Department of Public Welfare. While the advocate groups have put out the warning about the looming … More: continued here

Young tennis players have launched a set of stamps marking Andy Murray's historic Wimbledon win. More: continued here

VILLAGERS will not have much further to travel when their local post office moves. More: continued here

Communication Workers Union sets Thursday deadline for deal with Royal Mail, raising threat of post strike seven days later Leaders of the postal workers union have threatened to start a national postal strike on Thursday next week unless Royal Mail can submit to a list of demands in the next …

Court hears how raid at Fairfield branch by armed gang with robbery convictions left subpostmaster's son fatally wounded When a gang of armed and masked robbers burst into his village store and post office in Fairfield, Worcestershire, on the morning of 9 January demanding money, Ken Hodson-Walker was serving a …

Man sentenced in food stamps fraud caseMiamiHerald.comJACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge has sentenced a man to six months in prison for food stamp fraud. Stanley Jones was charged with lying on food stamp applications in 2008 by representing that nobody in his household had been convicted of a …and more » …

City Spy: Out on eBay, the case for the self-prosecution restsEvening StandardWannabe lawyers might want to consult the listing for a (“used”) Ede & Ravenscroft barrister's outfit on eBay this week. The disenchanted lawyer's entry reads: “After 5 years hard slog and penury, I purchased this wig, gown and collar …