'Extraordinary' postage stamp rises criticised by pensioners' groupThis is GloucestershireOLDER residents will be hit in the pocket by an 'extraordinary' rise postage stamp prices, an elderly person's group leader claims. People will have to pay 60p to send first class deliveries after the Royal Mail announced a price hike of …

EBay Inc named mobile technology entrepreneur David Marcus president of its PayPal unit on Thursday, replacing Scott Thompson, who left in January to become chief executive of Yahoo Inc. The appointment … More: continued here

Stamp dutyThe GuardianRob Tresidder Oread Mountaineering Club, Derby • I now take it that since Royal Mail is allowed to increase postal charges and will soon be making a profit (Report, 28 March), there will be no need to sell it off to the private sector. More: continued here

U Street to keep a post officeWashington ExaminerIt's official: DC's Ward 1 is getting to keep a post office branch in its U Street Corridor. The US Postal Service lost $3 billion in the first quarter of the 2012 fiscal year and has threatened to close thousands of locations — …

EBay placed a 38-year-old executive in charge of its fastest-growing business, by naming David Marcus as the new president of its PayPal payments unit. More: continued here

The Jackson Citizen Patriot – MLive.com Bills restricting food stamps for Michigan lottery winners head to Governor's deskThe Jackson Citizen Patriot – MLive.comBy Melissa Anders | manders@mlive.com LANSING — Michigan lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation that would prevent lottery winners from continuing to collect food stamps if they hit a …

Globe and Mail EBay Taps Zong Founder As New Head Of PayPalWall Street JournalBy John Letzing Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- EBay Inc. (EBAY) on Thursday placed a 38-year-old executive in charge of its fastest-growing business, by naming David Marcus as the new president of its PayPal …

PA test could keep union strikers from getting food stampsPennsylvania IndependentUnder current law, some union workers ineligible for food stamps qualify for the assistance when they go on strike and lose their income. But the Corbett administration plans to end that practice May 1. In the current system, income alone …

Waterville postal inspectors find 7 pounds of potPress HeraldBy Amy Calder acalder@mainetoday.com WATERVILLE — Inspectors at the local US Post Office suspecting a package contained illegal drugs were right. They found seven pounds of marijuana Wednesday inside a package mailed to Rajesh R. Ramharak, 31, …and more » More: continued here

To the Editor: Need a few minutes to catch up with your friends in Summit, head to the Chatham post office. That is where I increasingly find my friends now that the Summit post office is open from only 10… More: continued here