US Stock Futures Climb as EBay, IBM Exceed EstimatesBusinessweekEBay, the world's largest Internet marketplace, jumped 6 percent in Germany. IBM gained 2.4 percent as the biggest computer-services provider also raised its full-year profit forecast. Qualcomm (QCOM) (QCOM) Inc. increased 4.9 percent after results … More: continued here

Post office officials: Fliers found on mail boxes violate rulesCherokee TribuneEarl Downs, postmaster for the post office on RiverStone Boulevard in Canton, did confirm the office received calls from residents who got the fliers. Downs said he contacted Ruskell as his name was listed prominently on the flier and made …

Increase in number of dog attacks on postiesLancashire Evening PostNew figures released by Royal Mail show that 49 postmen and women were attacked across the PR postcode area by dogs from April 2011 to April 2012, up 20% on the previous year. Today, Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union …

Golf: Royal Portrush's chances of staging Open are dentedWalesOnline (blog)by Anthony Woolford, Western Mail; Jul 19 2012. THE chances of Welshman Jamie Donaldson returning to the scene of his epic Irish Open win earlier this month for a Claret Jug contest has suffered a heavy blow, with Royal Portrush warned …

Wall Street Journal (blog) EBay, IBM shares higher in trading after hoursMarketWatchLOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — EBay Inc. shares leapt Wednesday evening as the online auction company posted quarterly results that were above Wall Street's view, and IBM Inc. shares gained after the tech-sector heavyweight raised its expectations for …A Need …

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