Stamps are set to increase by up to 6 per cent at the end of March. The postal service said it had 'thought carefully' about the impact it would have on customers. More: continued here

A VILLAGE post office is to extend its opening hours following a programme of modernisation. More: continued here

CNNMoney EBay founder rejects Icahn's call for PayPal spinoffReuters(Reuters) – EBay Inc founder and Chairman Pierre Omidyar rejected investor Carl Icahn's call to separate the company's fast-growing PayPal payments unit, saying the businesses were better off together. Omidyar, who is the largest shareholder in eBay…Icahn throws new punches in eBay …

Royal Mail scammers demand ransom to unlock infected PCsAol MoneyThe Royal Mail says it never asks customers to enter information on a page that isn't part of its own website, and never includes an attachment unless it's something the customer has specifically asked for. And, as always, back up: something …

Washington (TheStreet) — The way the president of the American Postal Workers Union sees it, the post office has two ways to go. One is downscale, letting Staples workers sell its products as its business diminishes. The alternatives, Mark Dimondstein said, are to have post office work done by post office …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's newly-privatised Royal Mail Group has announced above-inflation increases for the price of stamps, the first rises for two years and stoking anger among critics who say taxpayers were short-changed in the company's sell-off. Royal Mail shares have surged 85 percent since the government sold off part …

Garnell Stamps, civil rights pioneer, diesLynchburg News and AdvanceJames Coleman, a community leader and vice president of the Lynchburg Voters League, said Stamps was a Lynchburg legend known for his stirring oratory and his ability to connect with both national leaders and the common man. "He knew how to put … …

Royal Mail has announced stamp price hikes – just months after the Government’s controversial fire sale of the postal giant. The company today confirmed the price of a first class stamp will rise by 2p to 62p on March 31, when a second class stamp will go up 3p to …

The cost of a first class stamp is to rise by 2p to 62p, while second class mail will cost 3p more at 53p, the now-privatised Royal Mail (Other OTC: ROYMF – news) has announced. The increases will come into force on March 31 – two years after the last …

PayPal row heats up as eBay chair calls Icahn claims 'false and misleading'RegistereBay chairman Pierre Omidyar has said activist investor Carl Icahn's comments about the firm are "false and misleading" as the row over the fate of PayPal heats up. In one of his notorious open letters to shareholders, Icahn …