CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The American Postal Workers Union is calling upon Harvard University's president to oppose a deal between Staples and the U.S. Postal Service, or resign her seat on the office supply company's board.

Staples, based in Framingham, Mass., began providing postal services at some of its stores last year, under a partnership with the financially-struggling Postal Service.

“We're not talking about just selling stamps,” union President Mark Dimondstein said in a statement. “Staples is pretending to be a post office, using low-wage, poorly-trained workers in an environment with weak security. Mail handled by Staples isn't even considered U.S. Mail until it is handed-off to a uniformed postal worker.”

The postal workers union said Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust earns over $300,000 a year as a Staples board member and should use her position on the board to push for an end to the deal, or resign from the company board. The union, which represents some 200,000 workers, wants service counters to be staffed by uniformed postal workers rather than non-union Staples staff.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Trump Entertainment Resorts is dropping its threat to close Atlantic City's Taj Mahal casino on Nov. 13.The company said Wednesday it still cannot guarantee the Taj Mahal won't close by the end of the year, but added it will definitely remain open throughout the month of November.Trump Entertainment has been pursuing a long-shot rescue plan to re-finance the company and transfer ownership to billionaire Carl Icahn, who would pump $100 million into it. But the plan hinges on getting $175 million in state assistance that state Senate President Steve Sweeney has ruled out.“As of now we don't have any plan to close the Taj, but that could change next month,” Robert Griffin, CEO of Trump Entertainment, said.

DETROIT — The U.S. government has told BMW to reduce the gas mileage estimates on the window stickers on four of its Mini Cooper models after an audit found the figures were overstated.The discrepancy, which varies from one to four miles per gallon depending on model, was discovered in testing at an Environmental Protection Agency's lab.The reductions affect the 2014 Mini Cooper three-door and Mini Cooper three-door S models with manual and automatic transmissions. The biggest discrepancy was in highway mileage, but city and combined mileages also must be reduced.It's the fourth time in the past two years that the EPA has found that an automaker overstated results. Hyundai-Kia, Ford and Mercedes-Benz had to reduce mileage estimates.