Royal Mail reports a big jump in half-year profits in its first results since its flotation, as Business Secretary Vince Cable defends the sale before MPs. More: continued here

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Operating profits up 96 per cent; Slowdown in transformation due to union talks; Strike threat deterring parcel customers. More: continued here

FedEx Corp. is delivering more than 17,000 live Christmas trees. More: continued here

The Independent Royal Mail shares rally as profits almost double in first results as private …The IndependentRoyal Mail posted another surge in earnings today, but revealed tougher trading at its parcels business and cautioned over the impact of recent strike fears. In its first set of results as a listed …

IBTimes.co.uk Royal Mail Shares: Stockholders to Receive £133mIBTimes.co.ukRoyal Mail shareholders are set to receive £133m in dividends for 2013 after the recently privatised delivery company reported a near doubling of first half year profits. According to the group's financial results, Britain's newly privatised Royal Mail… More: continued here

A buyer has been nominated for the Palmer Square building that has housed Princeton’s post office since 1934. But the identity of that purchaser is being withheld until a contract is officially signed, probably after the first of next year. More: continued here

Tampabay.com Aripeka residents thankful for reopening of post officeTampabay.comLorraine Pepito, 63, boiled down the joy and relief her community is feeling as she picked up her mail Monday for the first time in months at the historic post office that is the heart of the place she loves. "It's heaven. …

Business secretary Cable tells MPs institutional investors would have walked away from higher valuation. More: continued here

Reporters: Edwin Lane and Ben MorrisBBC NewsThe Royal Mail is set to release its first results as a private company in about 45 minutes. Business Secretary Vince Cable is also facing a select committee hearing later over concerns the postal service was undervalued when it was floated on the … …