ALBANY – The federal government should increase spending on health care, transportation projects, food stamps and unemployment benefits to help New York and other states recover from the economic slump, Gov. David Paterson said at a congressional hearing Wednesday. More: continued here

Officials broke ground in Troutdale today on a new $100 million distribution hub for FedEx Ground Package Systems, Inc. The hub is at the Port of Portland’s new Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park, once the site of the Reynolds Metals aluminum… More: continued here

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Office rents in Hong Kong’s Central district may fall by 50 percent by 2010 from the peak, the South China Morning Post reported, citing a research report from Merrill Lynch & Co. More: continued here

As part of an ongoing national expansion plan, FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., (NYSE: FDX), has chosen a 77-acre site in Troutdale … More: continued here

Just in time for those holiday packages from Swiss Colony and Eddie Bauer, FedEx has opened a SmartPost hub in Southaven. Three weeks after it opened Oct. 5, the hub is ramping up for peak season with 120 workers cranking out 30,000 packages a day, primarily e-commerce and catalog orders. …

The Calgary Stampeders are asking fans to help Calgarians in need at the regular-season finale Nov. 1, against the B.C. Lions. More: continued here

SBC passes motion condemning post office closuresBerwickshire Today, UK –3 minutes agoBy Simon Duke A WEEK on from the end of the Post Office consultation and Berwickshire residents and polticians are still angered by the outcome. … More: continued here

Pierce County post office leaves ballot collection box unsecuredKING5.com, WA –38 minutes agoJust six days before the Election, KING 5 News discovered absentee ballots being left unsecured in a University Place post office. … More: continued here

Post office consultation was a first-class shamWorcester News,  UK –4 minutes agoEVERY Worcestershire post office earmarked for closure in the summer will have to shut up shop over the next couple of months. The decision follows a public … More: continued here

United Airlines is teaming with FedEx Corp. to ship passengers’ bags overnight, as the second-biggest U.S. carrier seeks more revenue from sources other than ticket sales. The Door-to-Door Baggage service is available to passengers on United flights in the 48 contiguous U.S. states. The service costs $149 a bag each …