Rocklin and Roseville Today Meg Whitman: a female Checchi or Simon?Capitol Weekly, CABy Garry South | 05/07/09 12:00 AM PST So, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has decided she wants to trade on-line flea-market trading for the governor's office of the largest state. In one fell swoop, no less. She's never …

As part of the 17th annual National Association of Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive, on Saturday Watertown Post Office workers will be collecting nonperishable food items that are placed near mailboxes along their delivery routes. More: continued here

I will vote against Royal Mail privatisation, says Jarrow MPJournal Live, UKBy William Green on May 7, 09 03:26 PM It is a mystery in pure political terms why the Government ever decided to flog part of the Royal Mail off. Did it not realise how much that would upset its …

A homosexual postman is suing Royal Mail for £25000 over claims his manager called him “effeminate” “bitchy” and “girly”. More: continued here

eBay announced it will close its Vancouver, Canada customer service facility, which employs 700 agents. More: continued here

Times Online Israel issues special stamps ahead of pope visitThe Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli postal service has issued a dozen special stamps marking the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Holy Land. The stamps, which will be made available to the public on Monday, feature 12 …

In brief: business to offer free stampsTri-Valley Herald, CAbusiness to offer free stamps: A local business is set to hand out two-cent stamps. Starting Monday Pak Mail center in Livermore will offer free, two-cent stamps to any customer who asks for them, said company spokeswoman Lakiesha McGhee. … More: continued here

Flowers, dinners and brunches are popular. Shoppers also plan to visit discount stores and focus just on mothers, stepmothers and wives. FedEx says the holiday is still one of the top delivery times. Sorry, Mom: The estimated 83 million mothers in the U.S. will be getting smaller and cheaper gifts …

eBay announced this week it would close its Vancouver, Canada customer-service facility in September. eBay’s Australian website told users that the closure would mean the transition of support services for Australian buyers and sellers, including telephone, email and live chat services, to existing facilities in the U.S. and the Philippines …

  Perhaps if labels make it easier for fans to purchase, they will buy more music; or so the theory goes.  MySpace Music, imeem and Spotify are just a few of the sites adding buy buttons.  Now some new players who each already have millions of website visitors are entering …