VILLAGERS perched over 1,000 feet above sea level face being left high and dry when their Post Office closes today. More: continued here

Plan to replace axed post busesBBC News, UKCouncil-funded bus services could be run on five post bus routes that Royal Mail are preparing to stop operating from 16 April. Those affected are Diabaig-Achnasheen, Applecross-Torridon and Torridon-Strathcarron in Wester Ross. … More: continued here

FedEx says it will cut costs by $1 billion a year. More: continued here

eBay, the world’s leading online marketplace, today announced the launch of the eBay Green Team, a new initiative that champions smart ways to shop green and encourages more sustainable buying choices More: continued here

LONDON, March 19 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Mail today launched a new industry resource to provide intelligence, inspiration and innovation for marketers and help them make the most of direct mail in their integrated marketing campaigns. More: continued here

Today in Parliament reports on exchanges revealing that strikes at Royal Mail made up 60% of all industrial action during 2007 in the UK. More: continued here

The U.S. Army is honoring a Maine soldier who was killed in Iraq by naming a military-run post office in Baghdad after him. More: continued here

The St. Cloud Post Office, 4701 Old Canoe Creek Road, received a new automated postal center in addition to the existing one. The public was invited to attend the APC ribbon-cutting ceremony at the St. Cloud Post Office on Wed-nesday. Postal personnel were on site to demonstrate the use of …

A contingent of officials from around the region met with United States Postal Service representatives this week to make their case against closing the Freehold post office. More: continued here

Package delivery company FedEx Corp reported a sharply lower quarterly profit due to the global economic downturn and said it was taking fresh actions to cut costs. More: continued here