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Package delivery company FedEx Corp posted a quarterly loss on Wednesday due to high fuel prices, a weak U.S. economy and a previously announced write-down, and issued a weak forecast for fiscal 2009. More: continued here

Post office consultation 'not long enough'Times 24, UK –3 hours agoHerts County Council leader Robert Gordon has called for an early meeting with Post Office chiefs to discuss the business case for the individual closures. …Post Office to shut branchesBirminghamMail.net'Shock' as Elstree post office earmarked for closureThis Is HertfordshireArmley post office closure: …

CHICAGO—-Zippi Networks Inc., the innovative force empowering a new generation of online sellers, announced its official launch today at eBay Live! The California-based company remained in pre-launch for most of 2007, using the time to gather consumer and industry feedback and make appropriate modifications to its products and services. More: …

As a trusted adviser to a member of United Arab Emirates royal family, Texas businessman Bassam Nabulsi says he safeguarded the sheik’s most important documents: financial records, investment documents, and videotapes showing the sheik torturing people with a cattle prod and a spiked plank. More: continued here

POST OFFICE URGED TO GO BACK AND THINK AGAINForfar Today, UK –10 hours ago"It was abundantly clear that no one believed… a community the size of Forfar could be adequately served by one Post Office." ANGUS MP Mike Weir chaired a … More: continued here

Farmers market says it takes food stampsColumbia Daily Tribune, MO –1 hour agoThe Columbia Farmers Market has announced it will accept food stamps. The market at the corner of West Ash Street and Clinkscales Road recently installed an … More: continued here

Greater Manchester – save your post officeSocialist Party, UK –54 minutes agoMany local post offices have started their own petitions. We support that and urge everyone – save your post office! We have produced campaign petitions, …Mail strikes loom as CWU ballot makes strike action 'inevitable'PrintWeekCWU's link with Labour hotly debatedSocialist Partyall …

Whitehaven News Post office closures confirmedWestmorland Gazette, UK –3 hours agoBy News Room » COMMUNITIES in South Lakeland, Eden and Furness have reacted with disappointment after the Post Office confirmed it plans to press ahead with …Post Office confirms 35 branches to closeWhitehaven News34 post offices to be closedFleetwood TodayPost offices WILL …

FedEx issued a nasty surprise to Wall Street this morning. More: continued here