Maldon and Burnham Standard Petition launched to save Royal Mail delivery office from closureMaldon and Burnham StandardA PETITION has been launched in a last ditch bid to save a delivery office from closure. Royal Mail has revealed it wants to shut Lexden Heath delivery office in London Road, Stanway by …

Politico Labor Department investigating Trump's Old Post Office projectPoliticoThe Labor Department is investigating whether workers on Donald Trump's renovation of Washington, D.C.'s Old Post Office are being paid less than federal law requires. The Labor Department confirmed to POLITICO that it's looking into allegations of … More: continued here

WWSB ABC 7 Sarasota postal customers frustrated with closing of Pinecraft Post OfficeWWSB ABC 7The U.S. Postal Service says this post office closed after the contract expired following the recent deaths of the elderly owner and his wife. It's a building that is more than a post office in the …

eBay Embraces Democratic DiscountingPYMNTS.comIt is perhaps unsurprising given the fact that it is an election year that there is something of a popular obsession with choice and voting of late. It is an easy enough bandwagon to jump on at present. But team eBay has found a rather novel way …

The Tennessean Seals, Stamps earn top-five finishesThe TennesseanIn the girls' division, Hendersonville's Meghann Stamps finished in a four-way tie for fourth place with a two-day total of 153, eight shots behind Winchester's Malia Stovall, who won with a 1-over-par total of 145. Other local competitors included … More: continued here

Washington Post Governor's threat could end food stamps in Maine: Recipients on 'a steady diet of Mars Bars and Mountain Dew'Washington PostThis story has been updated with comments from the the governor's office and the Agriculture Department. Maine's residents would no longer receive food stamps if Gov. Paul LePage (R) …

The Inquisitr USPS To Issue 'Star Trek' Stamps To Celebrate 50 Year HistoryThe InquisitrToday the United States Postal Service announced that they will be celebrating 50 years of Star Trek with new “forever” stamps issued this fall. The official dedication ceremony for the stamps will take place at the Star …

Maine Governor Wants to Take the Junk Food Out of Food StampsThe Daily MealCurrent White House policy protects student lunches from such junk food, but not (equally dependent) people on food stamps. LePage claims that this is a bone that the White House has thrown to the junk food industry: …

Yahoo News eBay Adds Lyft Co-founder & CEO Logan Green to its BoardNasdaqThe split forced the company to shut down almost all of its standalone mobile applications and its on-demand delivery service, eBay Now. Since then, the company has been facing stagnant revenues and growing competition from Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN …

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: BP, JPMorgan Chase, eBay and CaterpillarYahoo NewsEvery day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include BP plc (BP), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), eBay Inc. (EBAY) and Caterpillar …