eBay Inc. today announced that it has acquired BillSAFE, a leading provider of purchase-on-invoice technology in Germany. The acquisition extends the company’s leadership in payments by combining BILLSAFE with eBay’s PayPal, a global leader in online payments. More: continued here

Extended openingCarrickfergus TodayRoyal Mail is extending the opening hours at Carrick sorting office in the run up to Christmas. Regional Operations Director, Michael Kennedy, said: “Internet shopping is now such a key part of the Christmas shopping experience and Royal Mail wants …Queues affecting Christmas delivery experienceShopsafeall 3 news articles » …

Channel 4 News Bradford Royal Mail workers angry at wage mix-upBradford Telegraph and ArgusStudent Umar Mirza said he had not received a penny after working night shifts for three weeks at the Royal Mail Bradford North depot. “We haven't been getting paid,” he said. “They have been saying we'll get …

Shoppers Snap Up Luxury Gifts OnlineMarketWatch (press release)22, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — While the High Street and shopping malls proved unseasonably quiet for the first half of December, Royal Mail reports handling nearly double the volume of parcels at their Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre … More: continued here

In Moretown, the mail must go throughBurlingtonFreePress.comNaomi Tilton, post officer in charge at the Moretown post office, looks at a small plaque installed after Tropical Storm Irene which shows the high water mark. Tilton and carrier Reginald Elwell created an emergency post office upstairs during the …and more » More: continued …

A Christmas Pudding In The Mail Carries A Taste Of HomeWBUR(Chris Elwell / iStockphoto.com) Any day now it will arrive stamped by the Royal Mail: a truly homemade Christmas pudding from my family in England. My mother always made Christmas puddings. And before moving to the US, I would make …

Fears over future of Middlewich Post OfficeMiddlewich GuardianBy David Morgan » DOUBT has been cast over the future of a town centre Post Office as health plans for Middlewich move forward. Rowlands Pharmacy in Lewin Street could be changing premises as early as March to form part of a new …

Cedar Bluff: Postal closure avertedBluefield Daily TelegraphThis time, Cinderella made it home before her post office turned into a pumpkin. As he opened the public hearing concerning the closure of the Cedar Bluff, Va., Post Office Wednesday evening, Charles N. Griffith, manager of post office operations for …and more » More: …

The Next Web (blog) eBay acquires German 'purchase-on-invoice' technology company BillSAFETechCrunchby Robin Wauters A little over a year after its subsidiary PayPal bought a minority stake in German software company BilLSAFE, eBay this morning announced that it has acquired the provider of purchase-on-invoice technology in full. …eBay Inc. Acquires BillSAFEMarketWatch …

Shoppers Snap Up Luxury Gifts OnlinePR Newswire (press release)22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — While the High Street and shopping malls proved unseasonably quiet for the first half of December, Royal Mail reports handling nearly double the volume of parcels at their Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre compared to last …Shoppers Snap Up …