The Times (subscription) We will deliver our sell-off, promise Royal Mail bossesThe Times (subscription)Long thought to be a chronically lossmaking state-owned anachronism, Royal Mail reported a giant leap into apparently sustainable profitability yesterday. Shorn of its multibillion-pound pension liabilities and separated from the struggling Post Office … More: continued here

Intel Core i7-4770 and i7-4770K CPUs surfaced on eBay – CPU-WorldCPU-WorldIn the past week the parts started to pop up on eBay and in US online stores. Just a few days ago, Core i7-4770K CPU was listed on eBay for $600. The auction has ended early, and the chip was …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail delivers 61pc rise in profitsTelegraph.co.ukInvestment costs were £665m, up from £579m the year before which included £75m of redundancy payments, down from £129m the year before. Royal Mail said its delivery and productivity had increased 1.7pc across the core network. The group closed nine … More: continued …

Royal Mail Float Looms After £440m Profits – Sky NewsSky NewsChief Executive Moya Greene, who last year returned the core postal business to profitability after four successive years of losses, said it was a strong performance and that the transformation of Royal Mail was under way. The core postal business …

BBC News Vince Cable: Royal Mail is a declining businessBBC NewsRoyal Mail's annual profits have more than doubled, helped by strong growth in parcel deliveries as more people shop online. Speaking to the Today programme, Business Secretary Vince Cable said: "These are good results and lot of that is down …

Minneapolis Star Tribune Postal Service to issue stamps marking Civil War battlesMinneapolis Star TribuneThe U.S. Postal Service is issuing special commemorative stamps for the 150th anniversaries of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Vicksburg — two pivotal battles in the Civil War. On Thursday in Pennsylvania, a special …

Kayla Coffman enjoys her duties at post officeAnniston StarShe describes the most recent drive as “awesome. The City of Jacksonville and the mayor's office assisted with pick up and delivery to the Jacksonville Community Outreach Center. Jacksonville State posted the drive on the sign. We appreciate everyone … More: continued …

A business generating profits on this scale is worth vastly more to government than the proceeds of a sell-off There are now 403 million reasons why Royal Mail should not be privatised. Financial results for Royal Mail just announced show that operating profits in the latest 52 weeks jumped to …

The postal service made £9.3bn in sales last year, and pre-tax profits rose 61 per cent to £324m. Ministers want to offload the group to the public markets before the middle of next year. More: continued here

The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually … More: continued here