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E-commerce major eBay has said it incurred about $26 million in severance and other costs related to the company’s restructuring efforts, which included reducing its global workforce by about 900 people. More: continued here

A REVAMPED village post office near Selby is back in business. More: continued here

A revamped village Post Office celebrated opening its doors in a beautiful converted barn on Friday. North East Herts MP Oliver Heald QC joined staff at a ribbon cutting ceremony at Barley Post Office which will now be open seven days a week. More: continued here

IBTimes.co.uk Royal Mail Shares Sale to Add £300m to Government Borrowing FiguresIBTimes.co.ukRoyal Mail's privatisation will add £300m to the government's borrowing figures for October because the 10% of shares handed to employees counts as a gift from the public to the household sector, said the Office for National Statistics. Moreover, …

A POST Office clerk is to stand trial accused of embezzling more than £16,000 in cash from work. More: continued here

Still a web trade in Nazi souvenirs after Ebay banThe Sun (subscription)SICKENING Holocaust memorabilia is still for sale on the internet – despite a recent ban on the trade by sites such as eBay. A Sun investigation found a Swastika-stamped valve, allegedly from the gas chamber at Dachau concentration camp, …

The Virginian-Pilot Harry Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stamp collectorsWashington PostFor more than half a century, a committee of cultural heavyweights has met behind closed doors, its deliberations kept secret, weighing the faces and images of Americana worthy of gracing U.S. postage stamps. While its rulings have been …

With more than a dozen free agents who need to be dealt with and an expansion draft which may suck more talent away, the 2014 Calgary Stampeders are bound to be a somewhat altered team than the one that fell one game short of the final goal. More: continued here

India Post throws open personalised commemorative postal stamps for public. More: continued here

Mail thieves striking post offices late at nightDaily BreezeJust three weeks after a burglar was caught on video prying open the indoor drop to steal mail from the north Torrance post office, four similar crimes have occurred at other Southern California post offices. The crimes have prompted the U.S. Postal …