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Residents and businesspeople in Los Olivos are rallying to reverse a plan to cut the post office’s retail service time by 10 hours a week, starting in mid-July. More: continued here

Cut the Farm Aid, Keep the Food StampsBusinessweekThe main reason the House couldn't muster the required votes was a set of sharpening disagreements over food stamps. Specifically, the legislation called for $21 billion in cuts to the food stamp program over the coming decade. Rebellion set in after a … …

Wired (blog) In Search of Tech Cred, eBay Builds a New Engine for a New IdentityWired (blog)It was 2008, and eBay had a problem. Mark Carges had just arrived to lead the tech side of what the company would come to call the “turnaround” of its core marketplace business. The …

Police are investigating an armed robbery at a Greenville post office where the suspect stole more than $1,000 Saturday morning. More: continued here

Royal Mail boss gets £1.5m pay packetEvening StandardThe boss of Royal Mail is set to be handed a total pay package of more than £1.5 million, according to a report, threatening to stoke tensions ahead of plans to privatise the company. Moya Greene's pay package for the year to the …

News roundup–Former Torex Retail executive jailed, Royal Mail boss set for …Catalogue e-businessThe Daily Mail reports Royal Mail's chief executive Moya Greene could receive a pay package worth more than £1.5million if she hits performance targets. The piece says the details of Miss Greene's pay will be contained in the …

More than just better search results, eBay hopes it’s built a new engine for a new identity.         More: continued here

Birmingham Royal Mail worker guilty of terror chargesBirmingham MailA Royal Mail worker from Birmingham has been found guilty of possessing terror documents including one entitled: ''How to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mum.'' Mohammed Benares, 45, from Alum Rock was convicted by a jury at London's Southwark …and …

Letter: Concerns about post office privatization, security of mailStatesman JournalWhat the post office didn't say in the June 17 article was that the Salem processing center was dismantled and moved to a private facility in Portland. I don't know how much these folks will be paid, but I'm guessing near …

Letter: Royal Mail responseNewmarket JournalRoyal Mail is undertaking a review of our mail processing operations in Ipswich. It is being undertaken against a backdrop of the huge growth in electronic communications, which has generated an increase in parcel volumes at the same time as a decline … More: continued here