Royal Mail beats delivery targetsHalifax Evening CourierRoyal Mail beat its first and second class post quality targets during the summer, with more than nine out of 10 letters being delivered on time in areas including Halifax, it has been announced. The 93% target for next working day delivery was beaten …

Forbes eBay More than Doubles Mobile Volume on Black FridayAuctionbyteseBay CEO John Donahoe told the Wall Street Journal it had a "record" Black Friday but provided no further information. eBay did share its mobile growth rates for Thursday and Friday, some data about which products and categories …With Love From …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail profits up despite decline in postFinancial TimesRoyal Mail has reported increased half-year operating profits of £67m, but privatisation looks unlikely before at least 2013 amid a continued fall in the number of letters being posted. …Royal Mail makes £1 million a day ahead of possible big increase …

Royal Mail begins Delivery to Neighbour trialPost and ParcelRoyal Mail began trials today in which parcels will be left with neighbours if a recipient is not home to accept delivery. The “Delivery to Neightbour” trial covers nearly 750000 addresses, 1406 delivery rounds, and runs until February 25, 2012. …'leave post …

Steve Yankovich is engrossed in a televised hockey game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Vancouver Canucks. Though he’s a hockey zealot, he cares less about the score than the attire of Ryan Kesler, a Canuck center. More: continued here

Man jailed for raid on post officeIrish ExaminerA drug addict who took part in a violent raid on a post office which left staff and customers terrified has today been sentenced to eight years for robbery and possession of firearms. The court heard there were a number of people in …

The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting Monday night to discuss the future of the Nandino Post Office. The agency is considering a plan to move the mail processing operations from Lexington to Louisville, Knoxville or possibly both. The U.S. Postal Service said it is part of a cost-cutting strategy …

FIRST IN PRINT: Moran makes amendment to save post officesPittsburg Morning SunRural post offices up for closure may have received a temporary reprieve if an amendment by Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) gets pushed through Congress. The US Postal Service, which has been hit with severe budget issues, has been considering …

CNET Implications of Black Friday: Apple, Amazon, EbayForbesEBay: PayPal has seen its mobile payments division grow from $750M last year to an expected $3.5B next year, and sees the mobile area continuing to propel growth. PayPal processed $10K/minute on mobile devices over Black Friday. …Amazon Makes a Killing on Black …

There’s an old saying on Wall Street about insider buying: there are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy. Back on August 10, eBay Inc.’s CFO, Robert Holmes Swan, invested $99,897.93 into 3,380 shares of EBAY, for a cost per share of $29.56. […] …