Spiegel Online Retailers scrambling for shippers as DHL bailsCrain’s New York Business, NY –1 hour agoStores that were counting on shipping their holiday goods with DHL will now have to seek out partnerships with either FedEx, UPS or the US Post Office. …DHL closing shops and cutting jobsABC Action NewsDHL slashes US …

Royal Mail prepares for festive postal flurryDunstabke Today, UK –5 hours agoBy Sally-Anne Johnson One hundred extra workers are being taken on by the Royal Mail to help cope with the extra postal demand in the Luton area this … More: continued here

eBay closes acquisition of Bill Me LaterTMCnet –1 hour agoBy Narayan Bhat Online retailer eBay (News – Alert) Inc. announced it has now completely acquired Bill Me Later for a $945 million. … More: continued here

Food stamps provide students extra help in tough economic timesUTM Pacer, TN –5 minutes agoMany are unaware they could qualify for the Food Stamp Program. The Tenn. Department of Human Services Web site says most college students must work at … More: continued here

Knife used to steal cash from rural post officeChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK –4 hours agoA man armed with an eight inch blade threatened 57-year-old Helen Rimmer in Ashton Hayes post office on Kelsall Road at 9.20am on Saturday (November 8). … More: continued here

BLUE SHIELD STAMPSOnion Bag (satire), UK –4 hours agoManchester City boss Mark Hughes will be given petrol stamps to buy players during the transfer window. Speculation is rife over the City manager's future … More: continued here

BBC News Cardiff Royal Mail fireBBC News, UK –5 hours agoPostal deliveries in central Cardiff have been disrupted after a blaze in the loading bay area of a sorting office. The BBC is not responsible for the … More: continued here

Other News In Brief4ni.co.uk, UK –6 minutes agoAround 150 Royal Mail staff have been evacuated after a fire broke out at a Cardiff sorting office. It is believed the fire started in a loading bay. … More: continued here

Home Office looks to high street for ID biometricsZDNet UK, UK –6 minutes agoZDNet UK also understands that the Post Office has not been approached directly by the Home Office to submit a tender. Anti-ID cards campaigner Phil Booth … More: continued here

Fire At Royal Mail Delivery OfficeHell Mail, UK –4 hours ago… delivery vehicles parked nearby, is not thought to have damaged mail but Royal Mail is unable to give more details until the damage has been assessed. … More: continued here