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SFGate Strike a blow for democracy – save Canyon's post officeSFGateWe have good company. The U.S. Postal Service is closing down hundreds of post offices. Lots of media coverage has focused on what small community offices provide that will be missed: camaraderie, chances to catch up on gossip and news …

Twenty-one companies have applied to underwrite Japan Post's [IPO-JAPP.T] initial public offering scheduled for 2015, which market participants expect to raise almost $10 billion (6.02 billion pounds) for the government. State-owned Japan Post provides post office, insurance and banking services and is the country's largest savings institution. The IPO will …

KANE — The reduction of operating hours at the James City Post Office is being met with resistance. More: continued here

Police have launched an investigation after a number of people bizarrely attempted to sell their votes in the independence referendum on eBay. Much to the horror of those passionate about the debate, sellers' personal votes for September 18 were listed on eBay for as little as 99p because they did …

EBay, Apple, Ice Bucket, Schwab : Intellectual PropertyBloombergEBay Inc. (EBAY), the world's biggest online marketplace, responded to a patent-holder's complaint that the company and its patent counsel acted unethically by seeking a re-examination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of two disputed patents. More: continued here

CBS Local Hazardous-materials scare at SF post officeSFGate (blog)Crews from the San Francisco Fire Department evacuated a post office in the Sunset District on Thursday evening after a mystery substance caused several customers to complain of itchy throats and watery eyes upon entering the building. The first calls …San Francisco …

Former eBay VP Peter Mansour named president of InfoSpaceGeekWireinfoSpace Peter Mansour, who led eBay's Bellevue operation and served as the company's vice president of shipping and marketing technologies, has been named president of InfoSpace, the Internet search business that's now a part of Bellevue-based …Blucora Announces Appointment of Peter Mansour as …

Arsonists caused an explosion which engulfed two Royal Mail vans and blew out the window of an old police station. More: continued here

It may be a sign of the times: A small-town post office shutting down on Saturdays as part of a response to declining letter mail volumes. More: continued here

Area man's car featured on postage stampSioux Falls Argus Leader“I'm very honored to have my car selected as one of the models for the stamps,” said Graham, who is Chairman of the Board at Bell Inc. after retiring as the company's CEO. “The Postal Service gets thousands of ideas for …