Marathon Post Office now accepts passport applicationsWausau Daily Herald, WIMARATHON — The Marathon Post Office is now able to assist its customers who need a passport to travel. The post office, 311 Walnut St., Marathon, accepts passport applications from 9 am to 3 p.. Monday through Friday. Customers can apply for …

The Post Office is planning to launch a current account next year under moves to expand services and generate new revenue, it was revealed yesterday. Managing director Alan Cook told a committee of MPs there was a “huge opportunity” to expand services across the branch network. More: continued here

Post office contract worker accused of stealing gift cardsBrownsville Herald, TX United StatesBy Jeremy Roebuck, The Monitor McALLEN – A US Postal Service contract worker from La Feria faces federal charges of stealing several gift cards that were mailed in greeting cards. Agents arrested Manuel Saldivar, 37, after a four-month investigation …

It looks like eBay may be considering a program for “certified sellers.” Ina Steiner at AuctionBytes talks about one of her readers who wrote in and told her about a survey for eBay he participated in that showed a made up listing page for a digital camera. It looked something …

April 21 (Bloomberg) — Drivers for FedEx Corp. ’s small- package delivery unit are independent contractors, not employees, a federal appeals court said, in a victory for the carrier over the National Labor Relations Board . More: continued here

AboutMyArea Every post office in Britain to offer current bank accounts next …Telegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThe Post Office is to launch its own bank next year, enabling customers to open accounts at thousands of branches in a return to "old fashioned banking", the head of the organisation said. By Christopher Hope, Whitehall …

Chief Executive John Donahoe is cleaning house to make eBay look more like itself. More: continued here

HENRY VII was due to “visit” Caerphilly Castle today to launch the Royal Mail’s latest set of House of Tudor commemorative stamps. More: continued here

AN Elizabethan manor house in Yorkshire has been chosen as the setting for the launch of Royal Mail’s latest special stamps, the second in its Kings and Queens series celebrating the royal houses of England. (21/04/2009 12:41:02) More: continued here

For some Wall Street analysts and investors, the spin off of Skype would hopefully end what has been a financial distraction to eBay’s core online auction and payment businesses. More: continued here