Moving to make good on last month’s promise to trim costs, eBay Inc. has announced plans to close a Vancouver, Canada, customer service center that employs 700 workers. The facility will close by Sept. 30. More: continued here
Plans to partially privatise Royal Mail have come under increased pressure again this week following reports that the mail operator’s much-publicised pension deficit could be as much as double the previous £6bn estimate. More: continued here
The Tories have issued a stark warning to Lord Mandelson, threatening to withdraw critical support for government plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail if the Business Secretary makes concessions to Labour rebels. More: continued here
A petition drive to save the downtown post office is meeting with overwhelming success, its backers say. The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce hoped to get 1,000 signatures in support of keeping the post office open. Last week, the number of signatures topped 3,500 and some petitions were still circulating. More: continued here
Unless You’ve Got A Stash Of Forever Stamps Sitting Around, It Might Be Time For A Trip To The Post Office. The Price Of Mailing A Letter Jumps 2 Cents Monday. More: continued here
Police arrested two men this morning in connection with a reported 2 a.m. burglary of two vans belonging to the FedEx Kinkos business on Mooney Boulevard in Visalia. More: continued here
Detroit — Authorities say a rural postal carrier in suburban Detroit stole and sold stamps worth nearly $20,000 because he was behind on his mortgage. More: continued here
SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has welcomed a poll showing almost seventy per cent opposition to controversial proposals to part-privatise Royal Mail and the threat it poses to jobs in the service. More: continued here
The government has rejected calls from MPs for a precise figure on the costs of modernisation of the Royal Mail. More: continued here
Bidding to cut costs, eBay will close a customer service center in …InternetRetailer.com, ILMoving to make good on last month's promise to trim costs, eBay Inc. has announced plans to close a Vancouver, Canada, customer service center that employs 700 workers. The facility will close by Sept. 30. The online auction giant says it will add…