Icahn 'not yet begun to fight' eBay in push for PayPal spinoffReuters India(Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn told eBay Inc (EBAY.O) shareholders in a new letter on Thursday he has "not yet begun to fight" to get the e-commerce company to spin off its PayPal payments unit. Icahn, who …

1244: JP Morgan has raised its target on Royal Mail from 700p to 765p, which implies around 30 per cent upside to the current share price, after reassessing the group's pension liabilities. More: continued here

Pa. makes heating aid change to save food stampsabc27A federal farm bill enacted last month halted a practice referred to as "heat and eat" that provided more food stamps to families that received even minimal heating assistance. The farm bill required at least $20 in heating aid before higher food …

Report: Employee caught stealing parcels from midtown post officeWSB AtlantaA spike in missing mail complaints at a midtown Atlanta U.S. Post Office led investigators to arrest a postal worker on mail obstruction charges. Investigators with the Office of the Inspector General said they observed Ronald Paige stealing packages … More: …

Thornton post office in Bradford is to close for refurbishment this month. More: continued here

JPMorgan Cazenove has reiterated an ‘overweight’ recommendation for postal service giant Royal Mail Group (RMG) and lifted its target price by nearly a tenth after reassessing the group's pension liabilities. More: continued here

Belfast Newsletter Alert at Lisburn Royal Mail centreU.TVPolice are currently dealing with a security alert at a Royal Mail centre in Lisburn. Alert at Lisburn Royal Mail centre. Police are at the scene and have cordoned off the area. (© Pacemaker). A suspicious object found at the Linenhall Street premises …

Carl Icahn to persist on eBay splitNew York PostActivist investor Carl Icahn told eBay shareholders in a letter on Thursday he has “not yet begun to fight” to get the e-commerce company to spin off its PayPal payments unit. Icahn, who owns just over 2 percent of eBay, also used …

A spike in missing mail complaints at a midtown Atlanta U.S. Post Office led investigators to arrest a postal worker on mail obstruction charges.   Investigators with the Office of the Inspector General said they observed Ronald Paige stealing packages and rifling through mail.   During an interview with investigators, …

The Drake post office will reopen for business on Monday for the first time since September's historic flooding, the U.S. Postal Service announced on Thursday morning. More: continued here