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State leaders have gutted funding for anti-tobacco initiatives more than 90 percent in the last 10 years, leading to fewer spot checks of retail stores for cigarette sales to minors, cuts to programs that help smokers quit and diminished prevention campaigns. More: continued here

Siliconrepublic.com EBay completes $240M acquisition of ZongBusinessWeekEBay Inc. said Thursday that it has completed its $240 million acquisition of mobile payments provider Zong. Zong lets people use their mobile phones to buy virtual goods inside social networks and online games. To use it, they enter their phone …eBay Completes Acquisition …

M&A Activity Around The Globe: EBAY, Zong, GMR Energy, Golden Energy, SWSH …NewsyStocks.comEBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) said that it has completed the acquisition of Zong, a leading mobile payments provider. In accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreement announced on July 7, 2011, eBay acquired Zong for total consideration …

Word that one of West Virginia’s 2012 football games will be played at FedEx Field isn’t sitting well with Morgantown businesses. More: continued here

Hundreds of thousands of postal workers could soon lose their jobs, or face drastic changes to their benefits. More: continued here

Grays Harbor town gets 'village' post officeSeattle Post Intelligencer(AP) — With a small celebration and ribbon cutting on Wednesday, Red's Hop-In Mart in Malone is now home to a "village post office." The town's post office had been under review for closure because it wasn't doing much business, said Katherine …

Post office users react to possible closureMadison.comThe US Postal Service is considering closing some 41 post offices in Wisconsin. One of them is in Sextonville, in rural Richland County. Take a ride on the Capitol Pedaler, a 14 passenger bicycle which offers riders a unique way to traverse the city. …

WASHINGTON (Indiana’s NewsCenter) – The U.S. Postal Service has cut more than 100,000 jobs over the last four years, and might turn around and do that again over the next four years. More: continued here

WASHINGTON D.C. (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of postal workers may soon be out of a job or face drastic changes to their benefits. The U.S. Postal Service is reportedly appealing to Congress to ditch collective bargaining restrictions so it can get rid of 120,000 postal workers. The agency says …

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Harrisburg Post Office building that is about to close will likely be acquired by a development company. More: continued here