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East Lancashire Post Office closure dates announcedBurnley Citizen, UK –4 hours agoThis was achieved largely by boosting the financial (if not service) results at Royal Mail following the installation of senior management, including Adam … More: continued here

Michelle Obama fought back yesterday against criticism that her husband is elitist, painting the presidential candidate as an ordinary man whose family once lived on food stamps and saying they both understand the plight of working America. More: continued here

Postie Micky stamps his class on the MarathonIlford Recorder 24, UK –2 hours agoILFORD AC walkers were on hand to produce a good showing at the London Marathon over the weekend. Postman Micky Sutton gave a first class display as he beat … More: continued here

Kent Online Postal Museum celebrates regional stampsDesign Week, UK –1 hour agoTo mark the occasion, Royal Mail has commissioned Sedley Place designer and philatelic specialist Rupert Denyer to created a prestige stamp book and …Stamps focus on rare insectsDorset EchoInsect stamps launchNatural History MuseumFirst class ant makes rare appearanceWoking News and MailKent …

Bootle post office campaigners 'gutted' but vow to fight onicSeftonandWestLancs, UK –3 hours agoby Mark Johnson, Bootle Times CAMPAIGNERS are ‘gutted’ to have lost their battle to keep a Bootle post office open but have vowed to keep fighting. … More: continued here

John Donahoe, the new chief of the Internet?s largest e-commerce site, wants eBay to operate less like an unruly flea market and more like a strip mall. More: continued here

Danbury may cash in on post officeDanbury News Times, CT –3 hours agoBy Eugene Driscoll Staff Writer DANBURY — City officials are hatching a plan that would see Danbury purchase the Main Street post office and rent it to … More: continued here

Ebay records 22% rise in Q1 net profitTelecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands –5 hours agoEbay reported first-quarter net profit of USD 562 million, up 22 percent from a year earlier. Revenues rose 24 percent to USD 2.192 billion, … More: continued here

WH Smith puts brave face on high street gloomTimes Online, UK –3 hours agoIt has also made a substantial move into postal services, taking on the franchises of 70 Crown post offices from Royal Mail. … More: continued here

Thousands raised by marathon effortThis is Wiltshire.co.uk, UK –2 hours agoRoyal Mail staff from Warminster raised more than £2000 for Dorothy House Hospice in memory of local mother-of-two Fiona Akers, who died of cancer in June … More: continued here