Deutsche Post AG slashed its earnings forecasts for both 2008 and 2009 on Monday, saying it expects pretax profit to fall 8 percent in the third quarter as the financial crisis takes its toll. More: continued here

Oakton Hero RememberedVienna/Oakton Connection, VA –4 hours agoBob Gingell, manager of post office operations for Northern Virginia, dedicated the Oakton Post Office on White Granite Drive to PFC David H. Sharrett II, … More: continued here

Quarter of post offices under theat over card contractTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –3 minutes agoA quarter of remaining post offices are under threat of closure as the Government considers depriving Royal Mail of a key banking contract, the Federation … More: continued here

Four one-of-a-kind Cabbage Patch Kids dolls crafted in the likeness of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain and vice presidential candidates Joe Biden and Palin will be auctioned on the eBay.com Web site. More: continued here

Canoe.ca Sarah Palin and Barack Obama cabbage patch dolls for saleTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –5 hours agoSarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, and Joe Biden have been made into cabbage patch dolls for a charity sale on eBay. By Alex Starritt The Sarah Palin …New Presidential Candidate Cabbage Patch Dolls To Be Auctioned …

DENVER, Oct. 27 (UPI) — Officials in Denver say food stamps have become the newest form of aid sought by college students. More: continued here

Mac software developer iwascoding releases GarageSale 5.1, an update to its eBay listing application for the Mac. GarageSale 5.1 supports the new fixed price item durations (30 Days and “Good Til Canceled”) eBay recently introduced. More: continued here

Council in dramatic U-turn over bunker post officeGet Surrey, UK –5 hours agoBy Beth Woodger WOKING Borough Council has backtracked on its call for the bunker post office to be moved to a ground floor location. …No-one to complain to about this secretive organisationGet SurreyPat on the back for bunker staffGet SurreyOur …

The state-owned company “Moldova’s Post Office” put two postage stamps dedicated to the Cantemir dynasty into circulation. The postage stamp with the nominal value of 1.20 lei features writer and diplomat Antioh Cantemir, the son of ruler Dimitrie Cantemir. It was issued in 166,800 copies. The postage stamp with the …

Editorial: Autonomous rubber stamps?Business Standard, India –1 hour agoThe board then is pretty much a rubber stamp. Similarly, since the government controls the use of funds, including a corpus that may have been built up with … More: continued here