PORTLAND, Maine — Five New England lighthouses are about to be featured on U.S. postage stamps . Howard Koslow, an artist based in Toms River, N.J., was commissioned by the Postal Service to paint each of the lighthouses. The stamps feature Maine’s oldest lighthouse, the Portland Head Light, which was …

Telegraph.co.uk Cost of sending a first class letter 'to hit £1 within a few years'Telegraph.co.ukThe claims come from Save Our Royal Mail, a campaign set up on Monday by a number of charities and pension groups to fight this year's expected sell-off of Royal Mail. The campaigners said the price …

Insider Monkey (blog) Can eBay Inc (EBAY) Drink Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)'s Milkshake?Insider Monkey (blog)Last week, at eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)'s analyst day, CEO John Donahoe told analysts, “The turnaround is behind us, and we are now playing offense.” What does offense look like for eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)? With $67 billion of …

Police Log: A Computer Glitch at the Post OfficePatch.com9:18 a.m.- Police received a call from a patron of the Post Office reporting the building is locked, and there is a sign on the front door which said they were dealing with a "computer glitch." The caller said he thought this …

Saunders: Background checks for food stamps? Why, exactly?News & ObserverThat's the same thing a lot of us are saying after some North Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill to require criminal background checks on people applying for food stamps. Wait a minute. The same legislature that opposes any form of criminal …

Globe and Mail Ottawa to probe Royal Bank job outsourcingGlobe and MailOttawa is examining whether Royal Bank of Canada broke the rules by subcontracting work to an offshoring firm using foreign workers to replace some of the bank's Canadian staff. About 45 of Royal Bank's employees in Toronto are losing …

The body which manages tens of billions of pounds worth of state-owned assets will on Monday name a new boss as it steps up plans for a £4bn privatisation of the Royal Mail . More: continued here

It is too late to preserve the old Royal MailTelegraph.co.ukA campaign to block the proposed privatisation of the Royal Mail is launched today amid concern that a sale will lead to a big rise in the price of stamps and will be especially problematic for people living in isolated areas. …

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Five New England lighthouses are about to be featured on U.S. postage stamps .         More: continued here

Livemint Virtual marketplaces sprout in e-commerce spaceLivemintFlipkart.com's entry into the virtual marketplace, where independent merchants sell products directly to shoppers, marks the latest in a flurry of online retailers in India shifting to a model made well-known by eBay, but the jury is still out on …and more » More: continued …