An eBay Inc executive said on Thursday the auction company bought a stake in Craigslist partly to block rival web company Google Inc from acquiring the classified ads business. More: continued here

LONDON (SHARECAST) – Royal Mail made an interim operating profit of £184m, up by 4%, as cost cuts offset a steady decline in mail volumes, but its pension fund deficit has soared to £10bn. More: continued here

guardian.co.uk Royal Mail posts profits rise but pension plan still to be deliveredIndependentRoyal Mail delivered what looked like impressive half-year numbers yesterday, revealing that operating profits were up 4 per cent to …Royal Mail's Profit Up 4 PercentNew York TimesRoyal Mail predicts record £10bn pension deficitguardian.co.ukRoyal Mail set to report …

AS of today Coldingham Post Office will be closed for business, but locals are hoping that this won’t be the case for much longer. (09/12/2009 13:54:15) More: continued here

Royal Mail Group’s operating profits rose 4 percent in the six months to September although declines in mail volumes pushed revenue lower, the state-owned company said on Thursday. More: continued here

Building sold, but post office to remainEast Valley TribuneA 5117-square-foot building leased to the US Postal Service for a post office at 16912 E. Ray Road in Gilbert has been sold but will continue to be used as … More: continued here

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- EBay Inc. (EBAY) never received permission to use confidential data about Craigslist to build another, competing Web site, or for other purposes not related to its investment in the online classified site, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark said Thursday. More: continued here

Royal Mail Group has grown its profits by £7m in the first half of the financial year despite another fall in the amount of post being sent in the UK.The chief executive, Adam Crozier, claimed that t… More: continued here

City judge rules against state in food stamp processing lawsuitBaltimore SunA Baltimore Circuit Court judge on Thursday found that the state has failed to deliver food stamps and medical …and more » More: continued here

Royal Mail operating profit up 4%Financial TimesRoyal Mail increased its operating profit by 4 per cent to £184m in the first half of the financial year, … More: continued here