LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – Jul 10, 2012) – Stamps.com® (NASDAQ: STMP), the leading provider of USPS® postage online and shipping software to over 400,000 customers, today announced an invitation to join the Stamps.com Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results Conference Call. The call will take place Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 5:00 pm ET and will be webcast from our Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.stamps.com. The second quarter 2012 earnings press release will precede the earnings call at 4:30 pm ET on July 25, 2012.

LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – Jul 10, 2012) – Zumbox, the leader in digital postal mail services, has secured $10.6 million in Series C funding to further expand the reach of its free cloud based digital mailbox system for consumer households. This brings to $28 million the total capital raised by the company for development and distribution of its offering.

Existing investors were joined by CEO John M Payne and Computershare (ASX: CPU), a strategic partner of the company in the United States and a joint venture partner in Australia. Computershare is a global market leader in transfer agency and share registration, employee equity plans, proxy solicitation and stakeholder communications.

Zumbox will use the capital to fund operations, sales, marketing and development of its technology platform in the United States, a market which contains 45% of the world’s mail. Read the rest of this entry »

An arbitrator has upheld the firing of a thirty one year Canada Post employee for threatening and offensive comments she posted on Facebook. In addition to using obscene language to describe supervisors, the employee made comments like ““DIE BITCH DIE,” and “WRONG AGAIN BITCH you gonna be the one missing PERMANENTLY”, which prompted the targeted supervisor to contact the police.

Most of the posts were made from the employee’s home, but some were made from her cell phone while she was at work. The employee claimed that she didn’t realize the comments were public, and thought that only her friends could see them. The arbitrator found that argument unconvincing, since some of her Facebook friends were also Canada Post employees. He also dismissed the employee’s claim that she was drunk when she posted the comments.

The arbitrator also found that the employee’s lack of remorse precluded her from being reinstated.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI)- – Postal workers are saying there shouldn’t be any cause for concern if you see your mail deliverer out of uniform. USPS spokesperson, Mary Dando, said these workers are new hires. They are being put on a route immediately, but are waiting for their uniforms.

"As you can imagine, in any situation, especially when people wear a uniform, it’s just [takes] a little bit of time from the transition from the academy to working on the streets regularly," Dando says.

There is a way to make sure your mail carrier is legitimate. Some may be out of uniform, but all will wear a USPS hat. It will have the USPS eagle on it.

via New mail carriers working without a uniform | WLFI Lafayette, Indiana.

New mail carriers working without a uniform: wlfi.com

THREE men have terrorised staff during a hold-up of the Tranmere post office.

The men, wearing hooded tops and believed to be armed with a weapon, entered the Reid Ave post office just before 4.30pm.

They threatened staff before fleeing on foot towards Bank St.

It is unclear what, if anything, was stolen during the robbery.

via Three men involved in armed hold-up of Tranmere post office | Herald Sun.