WATERLOO – Due to the severe flooding in east-central Iowa, officials with U.S. Postal Service’s Des Moines-based Hawkeye District have suspended all Retail, Post Office Box and Mail Caller Services at the Waterloo Main Post Office, located at 300 Sycamore. More: continued here

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Now the government says it needs more money to buy stamps to mail out more coupons. More More: continued here

MSN UK News Royal Mail issued fresh strike threatTimes Online, UK –3 hours agoRoyal Mail is facing fresh industrial action unless it reverses changes to its pension scheme and gives assurances on the future of the business. …Union call to sack Royal Mail chiefThe Press AssociationUnion Leader Calls For Royal Mail Resignation4RFVall …

eBay Australia replied to a May 26th submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which is inquiring into eBay’s PayPal-only policy. More: continued here

A routine Solano County agriculture inspection turned up a shipment of yellow delicious apple trees seriously infected with cedar-apple rust disease. The shipment was intercepted May 29, at the FedEx Home Delivery parcel facility in Benicia, and confirmed by California More: continued here

June 11 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks retreated for a fourth day, led by banks and railroads, on speculation faster inflation may force central banks around the world to raise interest rates. More: continued here

U.S. officials are facing a potential glitch in a program designed to help television viewers make the switch to digital TV next year. More: continued here

Online auction house eBay (EBAY) is in trouble, and this article from BusinessWeek underscores the identity crisis swirling around the company…( Read More ) More: continued here

A few things to keep in mind before bidding on an iPhone 3G from eBay: 1. You can no longer buy an unactivated iPhone. 2. The biggest iPhone will only run you $299 (half of $600 going rate). 3…. More: continued here