Business secretary offers concessions to appease Labour rebels The scale of the backlash against Lord Mandelson’s proposals to partly privatise Royal Mail is laid bare today in a warning from Labour’s eight largest unions that the proposals are electorally unpopular, politically unwise and damaging to the postal service. In a …

New stamps set for rate increase in MayThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — With postal rates going up in May, the Post Office is readying new stamps to cover the new prices. The price of a first-class stamp will go up by 2 cents to 44 cents on May 11, and …

Seattle Post Intelligencer Haring or not, huge painting on sale for 99 centsThe Associated Press(AP) — A seven-foot painting that may or may not be the work of famed pop artist Keith Haring goes on sale on eBay Friday night. Opening bid: 99 cents. The seller is a Pennsylvania man, …

Postal Service prepares new stamps for rate increasesSacramento Bee,  USAAP Thank you for coming to sacbee.com. We welcome your participation in our commenting boards and forums, but we ask that you follow a few simple rules to keep the boards open and the discourse civil. We reserve the right to …

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — German police used tips from EBay Inc. to score the biggest success in their probe of a counterfeiting ring, snaring 20 tons of knock-off La Martina dress shirts, Ed Hardy tank tops and other brands last month. More: continued here

BBC News European Shares Drop, Led by Banks; Lloyds, Rio Tinto DeclineBloombergRoyal Bank of Scotland Group Plc fell 20 percent, while Citigroup slumped 36 percent in New York. Rio Tinto Group and Norsk Hydro ASA retreated more than 3 percent after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. advised investors to sell the …

American Legion Post 162 recently donated $2,500 to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office for the purchase of firearms training equipment. The sheriff’s office appreciates the continued support of law enforcement by the American Legion. More: continued here

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Demand for food stamps soar in Mass. More: continued here

The Royal Mail has been a British institution since 1635, when King Charles I had the idea of raising money by allowing his subjects to make use of his delivery service on payment of a fee when they received a letter. More: continued here