Wanted: more advisers to deliver a Royal Mail saleCITY A.M.DAVID HELLIER. THE investment banks are on board and now the next stage ahead of the ultimate privatisation of the Royal Mail is about to be sorted; the appointment of a financial public relations team that will sell a deal to …

Baseball Nation eBay Item of the Day: The Priciest BallBaseball NationeBay Item of the Day: The Priciest Ball. By Jim Baker on Jan 10, 11:28p +. Just for the heck of it, here's the most expensive unautographed baseball I could find. It's from Winchester, the same folks that made all …

FedEX, one of the biggest employers in town, is looking to cut back on its workforce in the next month, and that includes thousands of workers at its corporate headquarters in Memphis. Sounds like dismal news for the local economy, but that's not how everyone sees it. More: continued here

New York Daily News Mob boss facing time says he's just a humble, trailer-park guyNew York Daily NewsReputed underboss Benjamin (The Claw) Castellazzo made a shocking disclosure in court papers that he lives in a New Jersey trailer park and his wife receives food stamps. Castellazzo, 75, is making a …

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report into alleged maladministration at the SA Post Office (Sapo) is being prepared, her office said on Thursday. More: continued here

Riverton, Pleasant Valley Post Offices scaling back hours, but not closing downTorrington Register CitizenBarkhamsted >> Emotions ran high Wednesday afternoon as residents reacted to representatives from the United States Postal Service, who were there to discuss how the two post offices in town — Riverton and Pleasant Valley — will …

A married couple who has robbed 11 post offices in 10 provinces has been arrested in Ayutthaya province, Provincial Police Region 7 commander Harnpol Nitwiboon said on Friday. More: continued here

RT Feds, food stamps make people fatBoston HeraldThe notion of America exceptionalism — that this country is different from others — is one conservatives embrace and President Obama has criticized, but by at least one measure there is no dispute that the United States is unique. We are a society …

Post office finds 106 chicks a home after they get lost in the mailmsnNOWSo where do private shippers turn when they absolutely, positively are in a panic about a delivery gone wrong? Try the U.S. Postal Service. That's how 106 baby chickens wound up at a D.C. post office after …

RT Food Stamps Support One in Four U.S. ChildrenReasonOne in four children in America participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, in fiscal year 2011, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture and U.S. Census Bureau. The USDA's “Characteristics …Over a quarter of US …