CHICAGO — How do you get seven beluga whales from Chicago to Connecticut? “FedEx” was Roger Germann’s quick answer. More: continued here

When he saw the FedEx truck, Dean Beecher suspected it was carrying the dreaded news. The owner of Shenandoah, Iowa’s only Chrysler dealership was taking money from a customer when the envelope arrived Thursday. More: continued here

Both of Greenwood’s General Motors dealers avoided the dreaded “black spot” letter Friday, which the carmaker sent via FedEx to 1,100 franchises whose licenses will not be renewed. More: continued here

paidContent.org – Social Publishing Site Scribd Adds E-Commerce …Washington Post, United StatesWe think it's going to be a lot like eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) in a lot of ways, where you'll have a mix of amateur and professional content sellers. But in particular, as a site with 60 million monthly readers, we …

Future of Hazelbury Bryan Post Office in jeopardyBournemouth Daily Echo,  UKBut the couple behind the shop in Hazelbury Bryan say they can serve their village and people in nearby Kings Stag if only Post Office Ltd will provide training. Trevor and Sharon Stansfield, who run a shop from a wooden …

Entrepreneur's Journal: Stamp prices rising again, so what to do?BloggingStocksSo, the price for a one-ounce first-class stamp has gone from $0.42 to $0.44. And, I'm sure we'll continue to see more increases. Unfortunately, this is yet more bad news for small businesses, which are trying to deal with the recession. …

Profit alone isn't enough for Royal MailTimes Online, UKAnd Adam Crozier, Royal Mail Group's chief executive, had some rather more significant milestones to celebrate when he announced that all four of its businesses, including letters and the Post Office, were in the black for the first time in two decades … …

Dominick Russo collects first-day-of-issue stampsVillages Daily Sun, FLBy MICHAEL FORTUNA, DAILY SUN THE VILLAGES — Whenever the US Postal Service issues new stamps, Dominick Russo likes to get them on the first day. But he doesn't use them to mail off envelopes. He keeps them. In a span of more than …

Granite Bay Press Tribune Former eBay CEO offers to fire 30000 California state workersTG DailyBy Aharon Etengoff Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has offered to fire 30000 California state workers. Whitman, who is running for governor, had previously pledged to eliminate 10 percent of California's 345000-employee work force. …Meg Whitman …

Mandelson defends Royal Mail privatisationguardian.co.uk, UKLord Mandelson was locked in a verbal battle with his critics tonight over the wisdom of privatisating the Royal Mail, after the state-owned operator reported a doubling of annual profits to £321m. The business secretary said Royal Mail's headline … More: continued here