Voluntary departures will include more than 10 percent of jobs at the officer and director levels, the company said. More: continued here

TIME The Post office is defying Congress by halting Saturday deliveries. But why?Washington Post (blog)The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it would stop delivering mail on Saturdays in an effort to save $2 billion per year and shore up its finances. Politically speaking, this is a bold move. In …

FedEx announced internally Wednesday that the company will reduce its total number of U.S.-based officers and directors by more than 10 percent. More: continued here

Tom Ward has been a fixture at the Winter Garden Post Office’s downtown branch since 1978 and has worked under four postmasters in those 35 years. Last Thursday was his final day behind the counter, and he divided his time between handling mail and saying good-bye to longtime customers. More: …

South Carolina's public health chief says further restricting what people can buy with food stamps might be a way to cut down on the state's obesity problem. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it would stop delivering mail on Saturdays in an effort to save $2 billion per year and shore up its finances. Politically speaking, this is a bold move. In the past, Congress has expressly forbidden USPS from cutting back delivery to five days …

WASHINGTON (AP) – The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion a year. More: continued here

Post office hours cut at Ft. Thompson, PukwanaChamberlain Oacoma SunPost office hours at Fort Thompson and Pukwana will be changing, though officials with the U.S. Postal Service do not know when the offices' hours will take affect. The Fort Thompson and Pukwana post offices are two of the eight area …

Reuters Blogs (blog) The Post Office gets tough with CongressReuters Blogs (blog)The latest move from the Post Office is a bold one: to abolish Saturday delivery unilaterally, starting August 1. This is a bit like Citicorp announcing that it was merging with Travelers: it's illegal, but that's not going to …

Stamps.com® , the leading provider of USPS® postage online and shipping software to over 400,000 customers, today announced an invitation to join the Stamps.com Fourth Quarter 2012 Financial Results Conference … More: continued here