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Three ways of serving the underbanked (without the post office)Washington PostOne of the more surprising (that's a euphemism, by the way) ideas of addressing the problem of unbanked and underbanked consumers is the idea of getting the United States Post Office into the banking business (here's the post office's proposal). …

NewsNet5.com Berea Post Office closed as hazmat, bomb squad investigatesNewsNet5.comBEREA, Ohio – The Berea Post Office is currently closed Monday as crews from the hazmat team and bomb squad investigates a situation. Crews were called to the post office on Seminary Street at around 10 a.m. Monday. United States Postal …

Berea Firefighters and their Hazmat team were called out to the Post Office at 26 Seminary Street around 9:30 a.m. Monday. Post Office employees smelled gas and called the Berea Fire Department as a precautionary measure. More: continued here

(Reuters) – FedEx Corp said it will raise shipping rates at its freight business by 3.9 percent, effective March 31. The rate increase is for FedEx Freight shipments within the United States including Alaska and Hawaii, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Canada and within Mexico. The …

In response to false and misleading information being disseminated by an activist shareholder about the company’s 2009 divestiture of Skype, eBay Inc. today reiterated previously disclosed public information. More: continued here

MAIL may be slowly making way for email, especially among the young, but postage stamps still deliver for the region’s collectors. More: continued here

Royal Mail – first-class stamp up goes up to 62p and second-class up to 53p …Auto Body Professionals Club (subscription)The price of a first-class stamp is to increase by 2p to 62p while a second-class stamp will go up 3p to 53p, Royal Mail has announced. Whilst this is not …

Gozo News Vintage Royal Mail van donated to MaltapostTimes of MaltaA1950s Morris Commercial LC5 Royal Mail van has been donated to Maltapost by the Postal Heritage Trust of the UK. The vintage vehicle had a chequered history having started its mail service in Market Drayton and ending its operational life …

EBay Inc. (EBAY) Director Marc Andreessen refuted claims by activist investor Carl Icahn that conflicts of interest regarding the company’s acquisition and later sale of Skype led shareholders to miss out on higher returns. More: continued here

Icahn's new letter to eBay shareholders is out. More: continued here