Constitution Daily (blog) Can America survive without the United States Postal Service?Constitution Daily (blog)The ability of Congress to “establish Post Offices and Post Roads” is spelled out in Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution, as part of a very short list of enumerated congressional powers. The Framers saw the …

New Post Office set to be based in petrol stationThis is StaffordshireVILLAGERS could soon see the return of their post office after plans were unveiled to open a new service inside a petrol station shop. The Post Office wants to re-introduce services in Wetley Rocks after the village's branch in …

Forbes eBay Is Launching A Same-Day Shipping Service Called eBay NowThe GuardianeBay today invited some San Francisco users to a new same-day shipping service called eBay Now. An iOS app, eBay Now's beta will let SF residents get $5 same-day shipping on products from local stores. It's now signing up …

Who banned PPI labels, eBay or Royal Mail?TameBayUp until now professional printing companies have been saving Royal Mail PacketPost users the trouble of printing their own PPI labels and selling pre-printed PPI labels, with the customer's own license number, on eBay. PPI labels (which can also be … More: continued …

eBay testing same-day delivery service for iOS called eBay NowThe VergeeBay has launched the eBay Now app for iOS devices, giving San Francisco residents the option of having $5 same-day delivery when making purchases of over $25 from a local store. eBay quietly introduced the service this morning by sending …

Exclusive: eBay puts OpenStack to workInfoWorldOpenStack, the open source "cloud operating system," has stirred community excitement and attracted a vendor following, including Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, and Red Hat. But until now one thing has been lacking: A high-profile corporate customer willing to … More: continued here

Bank of Ireland rubberstamps its Post office deal until 2023Belfast TelegraphAn agreement for the bank to provide Post Office-branded financial services products such as savings accounts, insurance, mortgages and credit cards was due to expire in 2020. The Irish lender's UK subsidiary has around 2.8 million UK customers through … …

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The Lookout News Historic Santa Monica Post Office in JeopardyThe Lookout NewsAugust 6, 2012 — The Santa Monica Landmarks Commission will explore designating as a landmark the 74-year-old Main Post Office building the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) plans to shut down and possibly sell to pay its growing debt, The …

En Garde Amazon, eBay Rolling Out Same-Day Shipping Service “eBay Now”GizmodoAll the speculation about Amazon's same-day shipping service may have been wishful thinking, but it seems like eBay is really going to give it a shot. The auction service has started sending invites to the beta of "eBay Now," which …