Deutsche Post confirmed that it had not made an offer for the UK’s Royal Mail and turned the spotlight on the need to overhaul its own mail delivery business. More: continued here

Local food stamp applications see big jumpBurlington Times News, NCFood stamp applications in Alamance County jumped 30 percent through the first three months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, figures from the Department of Social Services show. The county received 2155 applications through March 31, … More: continued …

EBay Inc. said late Tuesday it plans to close its facility in Vancouver, Canada, which employs about 700 customer service agents. (EBAY) More: continued here

Some people in New Bothwell might not get all their mail this week…as the post office there was robbed over the weekend. RCMP say burglars broke into the post office and an adjacent business and stole some cash, about 16-hundred dollars worth of stamps and even personal mail. More: continued …

EBay CEO: $2B Valuation For Skype 'Is Low'Wall Street JournalBARCELONA (Dow Jones)–E-commerce giant eBay Inc. (EBAY) expects its Internet-telephony business to be valued at more than $2 billion in its planned initial public offering, the auction site's chief executive, John Donahoe, said Wednesday. … More: continued here

Have you purchased your extra “Forever” stamps in order to save the two-cent increase on first-class mail, which will become effective on Monday, May 11? You have until that day to take advantage of the savings by purchasing the now-familiar liberty bell stamp which can be used “forever” for that …

Gordon Brown suffered another setback to his plans to part-privatise Royal Mail on Wednesday, as one of the front-runners to buy a stake in the state-owned postal operator pulled out of the bidding. More: continued here

A price valuation of $2 billion would be low for Skype, the chief executive of parent eBay Inc said on Wednesday. More: continued here

DMN Problem Solver: More post office problemsDallas Morning News, TX"Payroll reports, quarterly payments, tax returns and extensions are all subject to penalties based on postmarked envelopes. To not be able to trust the post office will cause a huge increase in business costs and prices." he wrote. … More: continued here

Ronn Motor Company announced today that RBX Management Corporation, an Independent Contractor to FedEx Ground based in Fort Worth, Texas, has begun its field trial this week with the installation of Ronn Motors’ new GPS tracking system. More: continued here