SPRINGFIELD, MO – FedEx will get $1.3 million to deploy 35 fuel cell systems as battery replacements for a complete fleet of electric lift trucks at its existing service center in Springfield, Miss. More: continued here
WASHINGTON – The post office was $1.9 billion in the red for the second quarter of the fiscal year and continues to face the possibility of running out of money before year’s… More: continued here
Online marketplace operator EBay Inc. said Tuesday it will close its Vancouver, Canada customer service facilities by Sept. 30, affecting 700 workers, in a move to consolidate its North American customer service plants. More: continued here
[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] When eBay first came onto the scene more than a decade ago, archaeologists were petrified: easily buying and selling antiquities online might increase the looting and trafficking of archaeological treasures. Now they’re letting out a sigh of relief. Charles Stanish of U.C.L.A. writes in Archaeology magazine…
The proposed part-privatisation of Royal Mail has hit a stumbling block after two suitors, Deutsche Post and TNT, as well as other possible bidders, reportedly curtailed their interest in the mail operator. More: continued here
The government’s plan to sell off part of Royal Mail presents a big risk to Gordon Brown’s leadership, say the papers. More: continued here
The price of a first-class U.S. postage stamp will increase to 44 cents beginning Monday, May 11. The new rate represents a two-cent increase and comes after the U.S. Postal Service conducted its annual review of service pricing. More: continued here
BBC News Arrest after post office robberyBBC News, UKOfficers were called to the post office just before 0900 BST, and said a large quantity of cash had been taken during the incident. Detective Inspector Jason Davies of Neath Port Talbot CID said: "We are appealing to anyone who was in this area of …Man arrested after…
If you haven’t stocked up on a few books of 42 cent-Forever stamps, now might be the time to do it. More: continued here
Bondurant leaders are likely to approve on May 18 a deal with the United States Postal Service that would keep the city’s post office at its current location for three, five or even 10 more years. More: continued here