Regulators to review USPS plans to cut rural post office hoursPost and ParcelUS regulators are calling for public evidence regarding the US Postal Service's plans to dramatically cut back on operating hours in rural post offices. USPS decided last month to abandon plans to close 3700 under-used rural post offices, …

Fast Company The 350-Year-Old British Post Office Is Leading The Mobile Payments ChargeFast CompanyThe British Post Office, a company that can trace its roots back to 1660, is leaping with both feet into the 21st century and the NFC payments game. The BPO is rolling out NFC-compatible payment systems to …

FedEx Accelerates Retirement of Aircraft, Lifts Dividend 7.7% More: continued here

Tax Stamps For Tobacco ProductsBahamas TribuneBy CELESTE NIXON TAX STAMPS will be placed on tobacco products in an attempt to recuperate the $20 million in revenue lost annually to smuggling, Prime Minister Perry Christie said. During his presentation of the 2012-2013 budget in the House of …and more » More: continued …

FedEx Corp. (FDX) , operator of the world’s biggest cargo airline, said it took a $134 million charge as it retired 24 planes to cut capacity in the domestic Express division. More: continued here

FedEx Corp. announced today its decision to permanently retire from service 18 Airbus A310-200 aircraft and 26 related engines, as well as six Boeing MD10-10 aircraft and 17 related engines. More: continued here

The pairings have been unveiled for this week’s PGA TOUR Matchups Game on Facebook. You can check out the Matchups for the FedEx St. Jude Classic below, or on the PGA TOUR’s Facebook page. Participants have until 6 a.m. ET Thursday to make their picks. Log on to the PGA …

AuctionBytes (blog) eBay Asks Seller for Their Opinions of Other MarketplacesAuctionBytes (blog)By Ina Steiner eBay conducted a survey of sellers last week and asked them to indicate where they would likely sell based on various scenarios involving fee structures, pitting different combinations of insertion and commission fees against each other …

You listening, USPS? And they aren't the only British organization going mad for mobile. The British Post Office, a company that can trace its roots back to 1660, is leaping with both feet into the 21st century and the NFC payments game. The PO is rolling out  NFC-compatible payment systems …

Mother Nature Network (blog) Mario Batali, the Food Stamp Challenge, and a life of generosityMother Nature Network (blog)The New York Food Stamp Challenge has me questioning how we can push ourselves to lead a lifestyle of generosity. This month Mario Batali and his family took the New York Food Bank …