Doug Creech stood behind the counter Monday afternoon at the Dallastown post office. In front of him, a crowd of customers anxiously awaited their turn to hand over cards and packages to be shipped to family and friends for the holidays. More: continued here

MASON CITY — The City Council will consider a proposal tonight that will allow FedEx to purchase a speculative building that has been vacant since the time it was built several years ago by the Mason City Economic Development Corp. More: continued here

Gordon Brown faces rebellion over foreign stake in Royal MailTimes Online, UK –5 minutes agoPlans to allow foreign investors to take a stake of up to one third in the Royal Mail threaten to provoke one of the most substantial backbench revolts … More: continued here

Part of the Royal Mail will be sold off to the Dutch firm TNT in a move that will partprivatise the universal postal service in Britain. More: continued here

Dutch postal giant TNT has expressed an interest in buying into Royal Mail, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced. More: continued here

The Arizona Department of Economic Security is reminding people in need to seek out all of the programs available to them. Food banks, which have seen donations fall because of the poor economy, are really trying to remind people about food stamps, said Judith Fritch of DES. More: continued here

WJBF-TV Post–office lines grow long on busiest shipping day of yearDenver Post, CO –29 minutes agoBy Kieran Nicholson Leona Gibson of Aurora braves the cold weather on the biggest mailing day of the year at the Montclair Post Office. …Economic slowdown felt at post officeLaconia CitizenBusiest day for the US Post OfficeWECT-TV6Post …

The head of eBay Australia is leaving the company and will be replaced by eBay Director Deborah Sharkey, who has been named Managing Director of eBay Australia and New Zealand Pty Ltd. Simon Smith, whose title was Vice President, headed up the Australian operations for eight years. More: continued here

Associated Press – December 16, 2008 10:33 AM ET SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) – The online auction site eBay is planning to build a data center in South Jordan. More: continued here

The Roseburg post office was evacuated shortly after noon Tuesday, when a suspicious suitcase was found. Kane Street in front of the post office is blocked while they await the Oregon State Police Bomb Squad. More: continued here