Royal Mail job losses despite turning a profitDirector of Finance online, UK –6 minutes agoIn January it was announced in a trading update covering the nine months to Christmas that the Royal Mail Group made a £255 million operating profit before … More: continued here

Ecommerce Journal Postal workers protest proposed moving of processing facilityWWSB ABC 7, FL –10 hours agoSARASOTA – Dozens of postal workers put up with the cold Thursday to picket in front of the main Post Office in downtown Sarasota. …Postal Service says study won't seal local facility's fateLong Beach Press-TelegramOperations could be …

Arizona food-stamp requests rising at twice the US rateArizona Republic, AZ –1 hour agoIn August, two months after he lost his 10-year job with a Scottsdale pool company, Brown said, he signed up for the federal food-stamp program, … More: continued here

Royal Mail meeting unions on modernisationIndependent, UK –9 minutes agoBy Alan Jones, Press Association The Royal Mail is to hold a two-day summit with union leaders next month to discuss modernising the business in a move … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Friday newspaper round-up: Royal Mail to axe 16000ShareCast, UK –1 hour agoLONDON (SHARECAST) – Royal Mail plans to cut 16000 jobs in a move that would unleash further industrial unrest on the battered economy. …Department store’s Icelandic investor is in troubleWalesOnlineall 294 news articles More: continued here

Friday newspaper round-up: Royal Mail to axe 16000Find.co.uk, UK –7 minutes agoLONDON (ShareCast) – Royal Mail plans to cut 16000 jobs in a move that would unleash further industrial unrest on the battered economy. … More: continued here

Romance, Arkansas Post Office Offers Valentine PostmarksMSNBC –36 minutes agoEach year the Romance, Arkansas Post Office offers a customized postmark for Valentines Day that makes the envelope just as much of a treasured keepsake as … More: continued here

The Oregonian – OregonLive.com Addressing junk mail will help Post OfficeLake County Record-Bee, CA –58 minutes agoBy Don Moeller — Letters to the Editor I been thinking about the Post Office saying maybe they'll cut back and not deliver mail on Saturdays and the …Post office $384 million in the redThe Associated …

Kill the competition: Return to sender … Ford cuts … bonus …Times Online, UK –1 hour agoThe Times: The Royal Mail will look at cutting 16000 jobs , or 10 per cent of its workforce, as it tries to combat a fall in volumes and an increase in … More: continued here

EXCLUSIVE Two sides of credit crunch Britain Royal Mail staff in …Mirror.co.uk, UK –10 minutes agoUnion bosses yesterday accused Royal Mail of trying to bulldoze through jobs cuts despite making huge profits. They say Royal Mail is intending to cut up to … More: continued here