Evening Standard Market round-up: Royal Mail float still has stamp of success as buyers flood inEvening StandardPunters got a nice delivery of cash when they flogged their Royal Mail shares this week but for each one selling there were more interested buyers and the postal group shot up again today. …

Mail will be picked up earlier from the downtown Topeka post office starting Oct. 26, so don't delay if it has to get out the same day. Brian Sperry, regional spokesman for the U.S. More: continued here

eBay CEO on "Cautious" Holiday Outlook: We Didn't Mean to Sound So NegativeAllThingsDBut the reason for that decline isn't the quarter eBay had — which was mixed, but generally in line with Wall Street analyst expectations — it's what it said about the coming quarter and the always-important holiday shopping …

Derbyshire Royal Mail staff handed £5m in sharesDerby TelegraphIt is the first national strike action at Royal Mail in almost four years and there are fears that the dispute could run on into the busy Christmas period after the union said it would not rule out further strikes. CWU deputy …

Royal Mail shares soar and break £5 barrierEvening StandardShares in Royal Mail have risen 50% above the offer valuation a week ago to hit more than £5 as Business Secretary Vince Cable admitted he was told before the float that the price could soar. The new high was reached as …

Belfast Telegraph Beatrix Potter's inspirational lake goes up for sale…on EBAY!Express.co.ukHe describes the chance to own the 280-acre Lake District attraction as “a once in a lifetime opportunity” and says he chose eBay because he wants to “broadcast it to the world”. Mr Woodhouse, 64, said yesterday: “The literary and …

Royal Mail broke through the £5-a-share barrier today to trade at 507p – that is a handsome 54 per cent above their 330p launch price a week on from the float. More: continued here

IBTimes.co.uk Royal Mail Shares: Vince Cable Defends Goldman Sachs and UBS-Backed …IBTimes.co.ukBusiness Secretary Vince Cable has written to MPs defending the price at which Royal Mail shares were sold off just as they touched the 500p mark – a whopping 51% rise on the offer price. Under the government's share …

Royal Mail privatisation: Vince Cable admits for first time he could have sold …Mirror.co.ukMinisters rejected selling Royal Mail at higher price – as the taxpayer with left with a £1billion loss, it emerged today. Business Secretary Vince Cable admitted for the first time he considered flogging the Government's stake for …

New fitness-themed postage stamps were put on hold due to government concerns over the safety of headstands and cannonballs.         More: continued here