Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) — U.K. bank stocks fell, paced by Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Barclays Plc, on concern about earnings at financial companies after ING Groep NV said second-quarter profit dropped 25 percent. More: continued here

NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) – U.S.-traded shares of Gmarket Inc jumped more than 11 percent on Wednesday following news that EBay Inc is seeking to buy a stake in the South Korean online retailer from Interpark Corp . More: continued here

Clerk Retires with her Smile from Post OfficeTipp City Independent Voice, OH –2 hours agoFor three consecutive years the Tipp City Post Office was ranked #1 out of 108 area districts and Judge believes that Heffner was instrumental in that … More: continued here

Post Office judicial review under wayFalmouth Penryn Packet, UK –4 hours agoIt also asks for copies of all documents generated internally within Post Office Limited and Royal Mail plc and documents passing between Post Office …Three post offices set for axeWigan TodayPoliticians attack Post OfficeAberdeen Press and Journalall 4 news articles More: …

Diller Board confident town will keep post officeBeatrice Daily Sun, NE –4 hours ago6, Diller postal customers were greeted by a sign on the post office door telling them service to this Jefferson County town had been suspended and that … More: continued here

The number of Mainers using food stamps has risen 7.2 percent to just under 182,000 people. That’s slightly less than the national average of 7.7 percent. (Provided by News 13) More: continued here

A Belgian court dismissed all of cosmetics maker L’Oréal’s counterfeiting claims against eBay, saying that the auction giant had no responsibility to monitor everything listed on the site. The decision seems to be inconsistent with other European court rulings of late, though, and L’Oréal plans to appeal. Read More… More: …

Pracel protesters defend their post officeHunts Post, UK –3 hours agoCAMPAIGNERS in Earith dressed as parcels to highlight the plight of their threatened post office. Around 200 protestors took to the streets of the village …Fairlie blast Post Office axeLargs and Millport Weekly Newsall 2 news articles More: continued here

Austria Post set World Record for fastest printing of a stampTimes Online, UK –6 hours agoAustria Post and OeSD, the Austrian State Printing House, printed the world's fastest postage stamp in just 1 hour 25 minutes, at the end of June and this … More: continued here

THE Mill Street Post Office could be closed within two months if the campaigns to keep it open are unsuccessful. In a note to customers, Post Office Ltd say that they expect the closure to take place in October, although they emphasise that this is “at the earliest”. More: continued …