The Royal Mail’s profits have fallen by almost a third to £162 million, the lowest figure for five years. The letters business recorded a loss of £3 million because of a sharp decline in mail volumes as well as the impact of competition in the postal industry. More: continued here

STAMPS STRENGHTEN O-LINECFL.ca Network, Canada –30 minutes ago“I worked with Antonio when I was the o-line coach in Saskatchewan (in 2006),” said Stamps associate head coach/offensive coordinator George Cortez. … More: continued here

Spokane’s downtown Post Office was evacuated for three hours before authorities determined a substance found in a threatening letter was ground up antacid. More: continued here

EBay opens building with largest solar roof in San JoseSan Jose Mercury News,  USA –4 hours agoeBay is unveiling its first LEED certified building on it's San Jose campus on Thursday. Today is May 6, 2008. Today eBay burnishes its green credentials, … More: continued here

Spokane post office evacuatedSeattle Post Intelligencer –4 minutes agoSpokane's downtown Post Office was evacuated for three hours before authorities determined a substance found in a threatening letter was ground up antacid. … More: continued here

Royal Mail called today for price controls to be lifted after admitting it is now handling 3m letters a day fewer than it was a year ago More: continued here

BALTIMORE, BUSINESS WIRE — Elite Stables (www.elitestables.com), the nationwide Thoroughbred consulting, breeding and high percentage racing stable, announced a great response to their Sponsorship auction on eBay noting several phone calls, emails and webpage hits. More: continued here

eBay Inc. Opens New “Green” Building and Unveils Largest …CSRwire.com (press release) –1 hour ago(CSRwire) San Jose, CA – MAY 8, 2008 – eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) today announced the opening of an environmentally friendly building on its North Campus in … More: continued here

LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE — MySpace, the world’s most popular social network, alongside Yahoo!, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter, today announced the launch of the MySpace ‘Data Availability’ initiative, a ground-breaking offering to empower the global MySpace community to share their public profile data to websites of their choice throughout the …

LOS ANGELES – The popular online hangout MySpace will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with other sites, including Yahoo and eBay. MySpace aims to save its users keystrokes and allow them to export their photos, videos and lists of friends. More: continued here