USPS investigating mail theft at Preston Hollow post officeDallas Morning News (blog)The United States Postal Services is investigating for possible theft at the Preston Hollow branch after customers said their mail was never delivered. USPS officials said they believe the mail was stolen from the drop-off box at the post …

NPR (blog) Brazil's Post Offices Help Deliver Christmas WishesNPR (blog)There are piles of similar letters — many decorated with stickers, drawings and hand prints — lying on makeshift tables in the main hall of the post office in downtown Sao Paulo. Another letter, this one from a 10-year-old boy, reads: …

Postal Worker Goes Postal, Robs Post OfficeComplex.comOn Tuesday night, a United States Postal Service employee was arrested for robbing a post office in Manhattan. According to authorities, 40-year-old Ruth Sable knocked on the door of the Washington Heights location and told the two women who were … More: continued here

A host of companies coming to the market, from Royal Mail to Merlin Entertainments, saw more than £5billion raised from listings during 2013, according to accountants EY. More: continued here

Bill Gross sends his stamps to WashingtonOCRegister (subscription)WASHINGTON – Bill Gross spends his workdays focused on the hectic world of bond investments. But he devotes his weekends to his passion. Gross, co-founder of the Newport Beach-based bond firm Pacific Investment Management Co., said he spends … More: continued here

Media Matters for America (blog) The Daily Show Is Not The First Time Forbes' John Tamny Has Condemned …Media Matters for America (blog)Tamny Forbes columnist John Tamny's declaration on The Daily Show that food stamps are "cruel" and would be replaced by private charity if people were "literally starving" with …

New York Times EBay's Strategy for Taking On AmazonNew York TimesThe passenger door opened, and out sprang John Donahoe, the chief executive of eBay, who began striding toward the store. It was earlier this year, and from the outside the Westfield Valley Fair mall near San Jose had a kind …

Broker Round-up: M&S, ASOS, Royal Mail, Cairn Energy, Paddy Power, Oxford …Proactive Investors UK“It appears something of an oxymoron that the current share price implies Royal Mail will make eight percent group margin into perpetuity and yet that the regulator will block anyone from competing in end-to-end, as it would …

Royal Mail tells shopowner to remove replica Christmas postbox from …Hertfordshire MercuryA ROW has erupted between a Hoddesdon shop owner and the Royal Mail over a festive replica postbox. Robert Wheatley placed the full-sized novelty fibreglass postbox outside his shop Christmas Cracker in Fawkon Walk two weeks ago, spending £400.and …

Brazil's Post Offices Help Deliver Christmas WishesWUWMThere are piles of similar letters — many decorated with stickers, drawings and hand prints — lying on makeshift tables in the main hall of the post office in downtown Sao Paulo. Another letter, this one from a 10-year-old boy, reads: "My mother died …