18/01/08 – Post office staff deserved award not redundancyGrantham Journal, UK –1 minute ago… business with them has been a pleasure. They have been a credit to the Post Office and their loyalty should have been rewarded, but not with redundancy. More: continued here

plus A$16.50 for Rio. Other mining shares were mixed, with BHP trading slightly lower. Shares in oil majors BP and Royal Dutch Shell also dropped. More: continued here

‘It’sa victory for common sense’ic Wales, United Kingdom –1 hour agoPostmistress Sue Evans, who has been at the High Street post office in Barry for 21 years, said: “I am in shock. I am happy, of course, but I understood …Saved – but what about the others?ic Walesall 2 news articles More: …

(Corrects spelling of company in headline.) Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — Alpha Trading Systems, the stock trading platform backed by Canadian banks, plans to start operating in September, the Globe & Mail reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Jos Schmitt. More: continued here

Marketing Week Social media for the massesMarketing Week, UK –2 hours agoRoyal Mail commissioned think-tank The Future Foundation to explore the social networking phenomenon that now sees more than 11 million people using such … More: continued here

President Bush is putting together his first public call for an emergency fiscal stimulus bill while negotiations on Capitol Hill focus on rebates for taxpayers and other steps to jump-start the sagging economy. More: continued here

NEW YORK, January 18 (newratings.com) – Analyst Robert S Peck of Bear Stearns upgrades eBay Inc ( EBAY.NAS ) to “outperform.” The target price is set to $36. More: continued here

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — Royal Philips Electronics NV, the world’s biggest maker of light bulbs and electric shavers, may say fourth-quarter profit rose 81 percent on gains from selling Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. shares. More: continued here

Hexham Courant Ruling wait for post office fateYork Press, UK –2 hours agoBy Gerran Grimshaw ANXIOUS residents and sub-postmasters will have to wait until next month to find out whether their post office has been saved. …Post office battle loomsHexham CourantPost office closures petition is presented to Downing StreetYork PressHave a say …

PhysOrg.com Would You Pay Now to Sell Old Gadgets Later?Yahoo! Tech, CA –9 hours agoNeither program will match the kind of prices you could probably get on eBay. But you'd be paying for convenience and, supposedly, the assurance it will be …Getting Cash for Those Older Electronic GadgetsNewsLICashing in on old gadgetsCNNall …