Carpenter, IA- An area community is learning more about the fate of their post office. On Friday the U.S. Postal Service sent a letter to people living in carpenter explaining their post office is shutting down. More: continued here

Online auction site eBay is looking to encourage customer loyalty – and cash flow – with a beta rebate program that kicks back 2 percent on particular items. More: continued here

Floridians begin receiving increased food stamp benefitsCape Coral Daily Breeze, FLCharlie Crist today announced that individuals and families receiving food stamps will receive additional monthly benefits beginning today, April 1, as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This legislation increases the … More: continued here

Ex-postmaster is charged with stealing from Republic post officeKY3, MOby KY3 News By Gene Hartley SPRINGFIELD — A federal grand jury believes a former Republic postmaster stole $42375 from the US Postal Service. The grand jury indicted Donna Rippee of Republic on Wednesday. The first count of the indictment says Rippee …

The chairman of the Commons committee looking into the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail today questioned whether the sell-off would be limited to a 30 per cent stake. More: continued here

Albany Democrat Herald Albany post office paying $10K a month for storageAlbany Democrat Herald, ORIn 2000, postal operations in Albany needed to expand and the downtown post office was too small to do that, said Postmaster Marcee Teeters. So, shortly after the 8912-square-foot building on Ferry was completed in 1999, most …

A decade after city planners conceived of the plot of land as a park, the $8 million Old Post Office Plaza will officially open Friday. More: continued here

The Government’s controversial plan to part-privatise the Royal Mail has come under attack from a cross-party committee of MPs which complained about a “lack of transparency”. More: continued here

The government has failed to make a case for a 30 percent sale of Royal Mail as there is no clarity around how the proceeds would be used, a parliamentary committee said on Wednesday. More: continued here

How to Make A Living Using EbayWZZM, MIMorse turned his part-time hobby of selling things on ebay into a full time job. "I sell mostly men's apparel. I like to consider myself a personal shopper for people I don't know yet. I'll set suits, coats, pants, shoes," says Morse. … More: …