Delta Post Office status in questionOttumwa Courier, IA –3 hours agoBy Cindy Toopes, Courier staff writer DELTA — The Delta Post Office may close if the US Postal Service and the Delta Community Fire Department Board can’t …Postal system not serving small townsOttumwa Courierall 2 news articles More: continued here

Inquiry into Post Office closuresLancashire Telegraph, UK –16 minutes agoAN INQUIRY is being launched into the Post Office closures which saw 24 shut in East Lancashire. The National Audit Office will look at the effect on … More: continued here

Hewlett-Packard, Lehman Brothers, eBay in the spotlightMarketWatch –54 minutes agoEBay will now charge 35 cents to list any number of the same types of fixed-price items. , , ) late Tuesday reported its fiscal third-quarter net income …US stock futures point higher after HP resultsMarketWatchall 3 news articles More: continued here

Identity thieves are hungry for more than just credit cards. In a scam sweeping the city, crooks are breaking into welfare accounts and stealing food stamps from the poor. More: continued here

Calgary Herald Stampeder tackles learning on the jobCalgary Herald,  Canada –5 hours agoIt wasn't until the Stamps saw Collins perform at their off-season free-agent camp in Florida that they felt he could contribute on the defensive side of … More: continued here

By DOUG FERGUSONAssociated PressRich Beem, as much as anyone, knows how quickly fortunes can change in golf.This is the guy who went from selling car … More: continued here

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Myanmar refugees resettling in Fort Wayne are waiting months to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other welfare benefits that used to take an average of just two weeks, a newspaper report said. More: continued here

Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool …

eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricingZDNet –15 minutes agoOn Wednesday, eBay announced new fee changes (Techmeme, eBay blog). It is lowering its listing fees for sellers that use the “Buy it Now” fixed price … More: continued here

Boston Globe Spotlight Stocks: eBay, Freddie Mac, Hewlett-Packard, TargetMinyanville.com, New York –2 hours agoeBay (EBAY) is reportedly lowering its fees related to fixed-price items for US sellers to improve the balance between buyers and seller. …SmarTrend® Opening Bell Comments — August 20, 2008Comtex Smartrendall 669 news articles More: continued here