Rally To Keep Bayside Post Office At Current LocationWestern Queens GazetteState Senator Tony Avella joined elected officials, East Bayside Homeowners Association President Frank Skala, Queens Community Board 11 members and dozens of Bayside residents at a rally in front of the Bayside Post Office, located at 212-35 42nd … More: …

The US Postal Service is likely to default on a major federal loan if it doesn't get some help from Congress—today, August 1. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to stem the red ink. More: continued here

Hindu Business Line Online retailer eBay looks to give exports a leg-upHindu Business Line“While domestic retail will remain the mainstay for eBay, we also want to accelerate the export business on our site. India is the fastest growing market in Asia Pacific, after Korea, for exports,” says Deepa Thomas, Head …

BBC News Gold medal rowers Stanning and Glover honoured with special stampBBC NewsGreat Britain's first gold medal winners of the London 2012 Olympics are being honoured with a special stamp, which is being rushed out by Thursday lunchtime. Helen Glover and Heather Stanning rowed to a stunning win in the …

Today the U.S. Postal Service will fail to make a $5.5 billion Congressionally mandated payment to cover health care costs for future retirees. At post offices around the country, everything will function normally. Postal trucks will be on their routes, and the mail will get delivered. But it’ll be one …

AN internal investigation by Royal Mail found there was ‘regular racist abuse’ at an East Lancashire sorting office for a number of years. More: continued here

Special stamp marks rowing victoryBourne LocalThe pair also become the first all-female sports team to appear on a Royal Mail stamp, and as the first British gold medal winners of the Games, they are the first members of Team GB to appear on one of Royal Mail's Gold Medal stamps. …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail print stamp to commemorate first Team GB goldTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail is in the process of printing a stamp to commemorate Team GB's first gold medal of the Olympic Games. The stamp will be available within 24 hours of Team GB rowers Heather Stanning and Helen Glover taking gold …

VALLEY FARMS — The post office that this little community considers central to its identity is still open, but last Thursday was the last work day for the lady who may be its last postmaster. More: continued here