Now that FedEx ( FDX ) has announced it will charge extra for larger packages , the cheap delivery that has become standard for online shopping is coming to an end, right? That’s what shipping pundits would have us believe. More: continued here

A plan is in the works to open a Stamps Superburger at Metrocenter Mall. A Stamps owner 16 WAPT's Jennifer Ortega spoke to said they have spoken to the mall's property manager and plans for a new location will be finalized soon. The new Stamps location would be inside the …

Mark Leftly: Royal Mail's cheap float and the elephant in the roomThe IndependentWestminster Outlook Back to the Royal Mail and the Business Select Committee on which Mr Binley sits. During last week's mauling of the Business Secretary Vince Cable and his advisers over the postal service's botched flotation, Tory minister …

Lazard dragged through mud over Royal Mail but comes up gleamingGlobalCapitalAfter fending off questions from the UK Treasury Select Committee over potential conflicts of interest between the role of its asset management and equity advisory arms in the privatisation of the Royal Mail, Lazard has posed some questions of its …

SlashGear ZTE Starts Selling $99 Firefox OS Phone in the US, Via eBayRe/codeZTE said it is also selling the device on eBay in the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and more than 20 other European countries. The phone features a 4-inch screen, the latest version of the Mozilla operating system and …

Renzi Said to Ready Post Office IPO Decree as Soon as TomorrowBusinessweekWith almost 14,000 offices, Poste offers savings and insurance products along with traditional letter and package delivery. Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan has said Renzi's administration, which took over in February, wants to speed up the …and more » More: …

CultureMap Houston Amazon Should Make the Postal Service Its Own Personal CourierWiredAmazon is expanding its effort to remake the U.S. Postal Service as its very own courier. On Thursday, the online retailer said it will now offer Sunday deliveries through the post office in more than a dozen new cities, …

Duly Noted: Walgreen's considers shifting HQ to downtown Chicago and old …Chicago Business Journal(NYSE: WAG) is close to moving its headquarters out of Deerfield and into downtown Chicago. The convenience store giant appears to be taking steps toward occupying space in the old Main Post Office, which is set to …

eBay has started to take a few initiatives to tap into the growing mobile commerce market. Recently, it announced mobile partnerships with Samsung (SSNLF) and Deutsche Telecom (DTEGY). More: continued here

How Alibaba Measures Up Against Amazon and eBay24/7 Wall St.The filing indicates that it does much more business overall than Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), two of the giants U.S. e-commerce. It is also more profitable than either, but what stands out somewhat alarmingly is that … …