Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog) Home Nations football heroes get own stampsYahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)The Royal Mail is marking the 150th anniversary of the establishing of the rules of Association Football with a stamp issue celebrating 11 of the greatest football heroes from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. However, undertaking …

New York Times On eBay, Monopoly iron tokens go for $20 or moreWashington PostThe token lineup has seen many changes since the game debuted in 1935, but the iron has been a standby. Now, apparently, it's a collector's item. “Don't let them take your iron. Get yours here before their …

Albany Times Union (blog) Message to sender: Save the post officeAlbany Times Union (blog)The U.S. Postal Service is worth saving, says Jesse Lichtenstein in Esquire, but it's going to take much more than ending Saturday mail delivery. The post office must either cut back and consolidate, or convince staff to …

The eBay auction for a former RAF station has ended but no bids have been made. More: continued here

Royal Mail's plan 'to sell off assets' in WhitstableWhitstablepeopleA review is under way between Royal Mail chiefs and the union to look again at the plans and consider counter proposals. The review is in its third week and posties have agreed not to strike during the process. Sceptics say postal …

Royal Mail Release Association Football Stamps Featuring George Best And Sir …Huffington Post UKThe Royal Mail has issued a set of stamps featuring some of Britain's greatest footballers to mark the 150th anniversary of Association Football rules being established. The first class stamps, Football Heroes, includes European footballer of the …

New York Times US Post Office Loses $1.3 Billion in First QuarterBloombergThe U.S. Postal Service said its net loss for the first quarter ended Dec. 31 narrowed to $1.3 billion, as it cut costs by 9.8 percent. A year earlier, the post office said it lost $3.3 billion in the …

Ex-eBay COO's new book examines work in entrepreneurial ageUSA TODAYThe former eBay Chief Operating Officer, LiveOps chairman and Yahoo board member dissects the changing nature of work and dispenses lessons learned over a career that also took Webb to IBM, Gateway and Bay Networks. Ultimately, he says, talent … More: …

COUNCIL leader Julie Cooper has pledged she will fight to protect the future of Burnley’s main post office after plans were announced to seek new partners for 70 key sites across the UK. More: continued here

MOUNT VERNON — Local U.S. Post Offices will not undergo visible changes as the result of the planned elimination of Saturday mail delivery, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said. More: continued here