Berkeley residents fight for post office The City Council, mayor's office and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, have all vowed to fight the sale of the downtown building, where Berkeley residents have been buying stamps and mailing packages since 1914. The mail trucks and sorting and loading operations would move to …

Canadian lobstermen take protest to fishery minister's officeWashington PostFREDERICTON, New Brunswick — New Brunswick fishermen staged a protest outside the Canadian fisheries minister's office Wednesday in their ongoing dispute over the import of lobsters from Maine, while a U.S. senator called on the province to ensure …and more » More: continued …

Stamps of approval: Royal Mail issues stamps for gold-medal winning British …Minneapolis Star TribuneThe Royal Mail has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with special-issue stamps for gold medalists. The stamps feature the athlete in an action photo taken as they were competing …

Betws Post Office to get share of £526k fundingNorth Wales Weekly NewsThe postal business, which is part of the Londis shop in the village, is among those that have been awarded grants under the revised Post Office Diversification Fund to expand their businesses and provide new services for the community. …

San Francisco Chronicle Berkeley residents fight for post officeSan Francisco ChronicleBerkeley has slapped a "priority" sticker on saving its downtown post office after the U.S. Postal Service announced plans last month to sell the neoclassical landmark. The City Council, mayor's office and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, have all vowed to …

The future of the rural post office is here, a future at least some customers aren't crazy about. More: continued here

STLtoday.com (blog) Britain's Royal Mail in hot water over gold-medal Paralympic discriminationSTLtoday.com (blog)While most of Great Britain celebrates surpassing the nation's prescribed pre-Olympics total medals target, the Royal Mail service has found a way to embroil itself in a political snafu after it admitted that it would not issue stamps …

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Going for gold: Royal Mail issues Olympian stampsSan Jose Mercury NewsLONDON—These British athletes can't be licked. The Royal Mail has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with special-issue stamps for gold medalists. The stamps feature the athlete in an action photo taken as …

EcommerceBytes (blog) eBay Runs Competing Ads on Seller Listing PagesEcommerceBytes (blog)eBay is running ads for branded clothing retailers directly on its own sellers' clothing listing pages. A seller pointed out that her listing for a beret in the "Hats" subcategory under "Women's Accessories" in the "Clothing, Shoes & Accessories … …