The Economist Appealing anachronisms: Still squeezing it all inThe EconomistMore than 130m picture postcards are received each year, reckons Royal Mail, 30m more than a decade ago. The volume of other personal mail, meanwhile, has fallen by a third in five years. Until 1894 it was illegal to send a …

USA Today US HOT STOCKS: Medco Health, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo, EBay, IntelWall Street JournalEBay Inc. (EBAY, $34.27, +$1.10, +3.32%) posted a 25% jump in second-quarter revenue and raised its full-year forecast, as the online market's payments and sales businesses demonstrated strong growth. Intel Corp.'s (INTC, $22.74, -$0.25, …10 Stocks to …

WTSP 10 News Babysitter lists toddler for sale on eBayWTSP 10 NewsGRAND RAPIDS (WWJ) – A 20-year-old Ottawa County babysitter is facing charges after putting her cousin's two-year-old daughter up for sale on eBay. Ottawa County Sheriff's Lt. Mark Bennett thinks it was an attempt to con someone out of …

Earnings Review (WHR, Intel Corporation, EBAY, FNFG, NYT)USA Market NewseBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) soared 3.50% to $34.28. The Company reported second quarter EPS of $0.48, above the analyst estimate of $0.46. Revenue for the quarter was $2.76 billion versus the consensus estimate of $2.61 billion. The Company expects EPS to …Services …

Trading Higher on Heavy Volume are Shares of eBay on 1.2x Above-Average Volume …Investor’s Business DailyJul 21, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) — Shares of eBay (EBAY) are trading up 3.4% to $34.28 today on above average volume. Approximately 17.3 million shares have traded hands today vs. average 30-day …

Old Chicago post office redevelopment plan unveiledChicago TribuneThe owner of the Chicago's behemoth old post office building on Thursday unveiled a grandiose plan for redeveloping the long-vacant property and the area around it, including a 2000-foot skyscraper … More: continued here

A private parking lot next to the German Village Post Office on Whittier st. allowed easy access for customers, especially those with handicaps.  The contract agreement for the private lot expired on June 30th and on July 1st the post office terminated the lease with the lot’s owner, Naser Saleh. More: …

Congressman Murphy visits with Tariffville Village AssociationFoothills Media GroupSheltered from a drizzling rain by the Tariffville Village Green Gazebo, Murphy said he has been met with resistance from the US Postal Service regarding the closure of the town's post office February 4. “I'm nervous – we should all be nervous …

Figures show that more than 226,000 visitors attended this year’s Royal Welsh Show in Powys over four days. More: continued here

A July 27 public hearing intended for residents to voice their displeasure with the planned transfer of mail sorting operations from the Free Union Post Office will now be a celebration. More: continued here