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Reuters Staples, USPS end program to set up mini-post offices in storesReuters(Reuters) – Staples Inc SPLS.O said it will end a pilot program with the U.S. Postal Service to set up mini-post offices in the company's retail outlets, after several protests outside the stores. Postal workers have protested the program …

ITV News Royal Mail refuse to deliver Stockton man's post because of a puddleITV NewsRoyal Mail have said that this is a "dangerous" puddle. Credit: ITV News Tyne Tees. Royal Mail have refused to deliver post to an address in Stockton because of a "hazardous" puddle. A leak in Dan …

Dabbawalas are bikers who take tiffins to eaters in Mumbai so efficiently that FedEx is studying them. GP reports. More: continued here

Reader's letter: We should get a better service from the Royal MailBristol PostIT is 12.45pm on July 8 and my post has just arrived (it's about an hour early today) and amongst the brown envelopes is a first-class letter sent from Worcester postmarked June 24, 2014. It contains two tickets …

eBay and fine-art auction house Sotheby's team up to offer live bidding onlineThe VergeeBay and the fine-art auction house Sotheby's are teaming up to offer access to on-location auctions over the web, allowing people across the globe to bid on Sotheby's listings of antiques, artworks, and collectibles. To host the …

Kalasin Rajabhat University on Tuesday ordered investigation into a report that its lecturer allegedly exchanged grades for 7-Eleven discount stamps. More: continued here

UPDATE 2-Staples, USPS end program to set up mini-post offices in storesReutersPostal workers have protested the program for months, objecting to expanding post office services to Staples stores, staffed with non-union workers. The news comes days after the American Postal Workers Union won the support of the American Federation … More: …

Going For Food Stamps In Mercedes?Hartford CourantI whispered those very words sotto voce, even as my fingers flew across the keyboard to hit "Post." I had just happened upon Darlena Cunha's op-ed headlined "Picking Up Food Stamps In My Mercedes," and the title alone caused this frisson of … More: continued …

New York Times Germany printed WC victory stamps before finalZee NewsGermany will this week issue a World Cup victory postage stamp, five million of which were printed before the final was even held, officials said. "This year I dared to hope very early on that our team would take the …

Belfast Telegraph eBay to feature Sotheby's auctionsBelfast TelegraphThe companies will offer a new live auction feature on eBay's website and real-time bidding for Sotheby's auctions that are taking place at Sotheby's headquarters in New York. The move lets eBay's 145 million active users have more access to the high … …