EBay more than doubles 2Q earnings, revenue upBoston.comNEW YORK (AP) — EBay Inc. more than doubled its second-quarter net income thanks to higher revenue from its PayPal online payments business and its e-commerce websites. The solid results, which came against the backdrop of the ongoing European … More: continued here

Wall Street Journal (blog) EBay gets after-hours boost on strong earningsMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — EBay Inc. shares rose more than 5% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company reported second-quarter earnings that more-than-doubled from a year ago and recorded strong gains from its marketplaces and …EBay Revenue Beats Estimates After …

Royal Mail trials capture of GPS customer address dataPocketGPSWorld.comRoyal Mail has announced it is beginning a trial that will see the precise co-oridinates, of individual customer and business addresses, captured to improve the accuracy of their location based information data. The 'Pinpoint' trial is taking place in … More: continued …

Suspicious parcel at post office destroyed by bomb technicianFoster’s Daily DemocratKittery police officers responded to the post office at 6:36 p.m. for a report of a suspicious package. When officers arrived, they found a sealed cardboard package resting on top of a mailbox in front of the main entrance. The …

KITTERY, Maine — A suspicious, unmarked package placed into the slot of the mailbox in front of the Kittery post office drew local public safety officials and a state police bomb technician to the area Tuesday night. More: continued here

Stertil Stokvis installs eight loading bays for Royal MailMaterials Handling World MagazineStertil Stokvis has installed a series of eight loading bays for Royal Mail Group Limited as part of an exclusive supplier three-year contract. The installation, which supports the Mail Centre at Strood in Kent, is the latest project undertaken …

An old Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is getting a 21st-century revival from the US Postal Service. More: continued here

US stamps put a new spin on old rivalryBoston.comRed Sox legend Ted Williamscq is one of four baseball players featured in the “Major League Baseball All-Stars Forever”cq postage stamps, a new stamp series set to debut in post offices on Saturday. Now, a competition for the most stamp pre-orders …and …

Sportsnet.ca Stamps eager for West Division litmus testCalgary HeraldSmall wonder that what used to be a guaranteed sellout game now is a hard sell as the Stamps are pondering blacking out the game to local TV viewers with ticket sales hovering around the 32000 mark — plenty of them promising …

Wall Street Journal (blog) EBay Revenue Beats Estimates After Increase in US SalesBusinessweekEBay rose (EBAY) as much as 6.2 percent in extended trading. Revenue climbed 23 percent to $3.4 billion, the company said in a statement yesterday. That exceeded the $3.36 billion average analyst estimate compiled by Bloomberg. Profit excluding …