Tuesday Options Update: EBAY, SBUX, GE & AMAGSeeking Alpha, NY –4 hours agoEbay Inc. (EBAY) – A large bullish call spread has been executed through option contracts in online retailer, Ebay, where according to customer traffic … More: continued here

The cost of sending a letter in Britain will go up next year, the Royal Mail has announced. More: continued here

One of the letters sent to Santa that turned up at the Wellington post office. Children from Northeast Ohio who write letters to Santa Claus sometimes get this reply:Your letter arrived from the Post Office, to my delight.I read each… More: continued here

Saying “times have changed,” FedEx (FDX) announced it will not advertise during Super Bowl 43, set for Tampa Bay, Fla., on Feb. 1. More: continued here

The town of Rolesville got a new post office just in time to handle the holiday rush. More: continued here

Television talk-show host Jay Leno listed an eBay auction for a used tissue that his guest, actress Scarlett Johansson, had blown her nose into and autographed. More: continued here

Saying “times have changed,” Memphis-based FedEx Corp. has announced it will not advertise during Super Bowl 43, set for Tampa Bay, Fla., on Feb. 1. More: continued here

The Conservatives warned yesterday that the government could be threatening a £22bn raid on Royal Mail’s pension fund. Alan Duncan, the party’s shadow business secretary, said industry sources had suggested the government could take over the pension fund’s assets to allow it to make public borrowing look smaller. But he …

The Ponzi ParadigmCounterPunch, CA –6 hours agoUnlike machinery and technology, stamps do not produce real goods and services. They have long since been printed and sold by the government, and will never … More: continued here

Food Stamp demand spurs state hiringIllinois Valley News, OR –2 hours agoKulongoski to immediately hire 60 new workers throughout the state to meet the increasing demand for Food Stamps. Need for Food Stamps has grown 13 percent … More: continued here