The Guardian Royal Mail: a public company offering too much private helpThe GuardianRoyal Mail payments. Vince Cable is right to put his foot down with regard to the Royal Mail helping Moya Greene buy a UK home. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA. Royal Mail, if the government gets its way, will be …

Las Vegas Review-Journal USPS could start shipping booze as money makerChicago TribuneSome U.S. senators have proposed an inventive plan for the cash-strapped Postal Service to raise cash: lifting a century-old ban on the agency shipping alcohol. The two Republican and Democratic senators late on Thursday introduced legislation to …Post Office …

Popular Photography Magazine Hasselblad 500EL Electric NASA Moon Camera on eBay for $75000Popular Photography MagazineIf you're as nerdy about space as you are photography, then this eBay auction might have you dialing the number for the mortgage company. Up for grabs right now is a Hasselblad 500EL Electric NASA edition, …

Berkeley: Post office protesters ordered to disperseContra Costa TimesBERKELEY — Though the group of people camping out at Berkeley's historic post office in protest of plans to close it have been warned to move off U.S. Postal Service property, they have no plans to disperse. A group of postal inspectors …

Though no time frame was set by postal inspectors on when the group of 30-odd Berkeley protesters should break camp, those loyal to the cause have said they will not leave, even with the threat of arrests. More: continued here

GOP prepares bill to trim food stampsReading EagleWASHINGTON – House Republicans are preparing legislation that would cut food stamps by as much as $4 billion annually in an effort to downsize a program that many conservatives say has become too bloated in recent years. A group of Republicans led … More: …

People camping out around Berkeley's historic post office in protest of plans to close it have been warned to move off U.S. Postal Service property, officials said Friday, Aug. 2nd. A group of postal inspectors and postal police visited the protesters Friday and warned them that they needed to remove …

Daily Mail Royal Mail boss to return £250000 payout to the taxpayer after it was used to …Daily MailA statement in the Royal Mail accounts said: 'In the exceptional circumstances of the chief executive's relocation and commitment to the UK, additional assistance, on the purchase of a home, was offered …

PNCA readies Old Town post office for big movePortland Business Journal (blog)The Pacific Northwest College of Art took a major step toward its move to the North Parks Block in Old Town/Chinatown in late July. The school submitted plans to renovate the historic U.S. Post Office, 511 N.W. Broadway, to …

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