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Gains in overnight shipments at United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) and FedEx Corp. (FDX) , the two largest package-delivery companies, show consumers and businesses are willing to pay for faster deliveries as the economy expands. More: continued here

Neighbors are fighting a U.S. Postal Service proposal to take away the post office in Daisy, Georgia. More: continued here

Old post office could be razed by end of yearToledo BladeThe Jefferson Center, at 13th Street and Madison Avenue, opened in 1911 as the Old Central Post Office. The building, designed by architect James Knox Taylor, went on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. … More: continued here

The North Canton Post Office is more than a place to buy stamps and mail letters, local residents say, it’s the epitome of rural America and one of the few remaining public buildings left in this close-knit community. More: continued here

Town Fights for Post OfficeWSAV-TVNeighbors in a tiny Evans County town are fighting a US Postal Service proposal to take away their post office. (more) By Tuquyen Mach Neighbors in this tiny town in Evans County are fighting to save their post office, which first opened in 1890. …and more » …

City sends post office a messageLancaster NewspapersLancaster City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution opposing the proposal to relocate mail sorting from Lancaster's main post office to Harrisburg. The vote came the night before a public meeting to …and more » More: continued here

Government, Too, Has Trouble Selling BuildingsNew York TimesThe government owns or manages more than 900000 structures, and many are vacant or underutilized, like the Old Post Office Building in Washington. A vacant former federal office in Bethesda, Md. But the federal government did not put the building on …and more » …

Rakuten Weighs Europe Deals to Challenge EBay With Japan RecipeSan Francisco ChronicleApril 27 (Bloomberg) — Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online retailer, is counting on acquisitions to help break the EBay and Amazon habits of European shoppers. Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, the 34-year-old Frenchman who joined last year as part of the … …

Kansas City Star Former eBay executive becomes CEO at BlockKansas City StarH&R Block Inc., which just completed a strong tax-filing season, has chosen a former eBay executive to become its chief executive officer next month. William C. Cobb, who has been a director of the Kansas City-based tax preparation and …

Gas spill at Alaska tank farm briefly closes village school, post officeThe RepublicAP ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska officials say a spill of nearly 2000 gallons of gasoline at a tank farm in a village more than 300 miles west of Anchorage briefly closed the local school and post office and …