April 17 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc ., the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, posted first-quarter profit that rose more than analysts estimated on higher selling fees and increased revenue from its PayPal payment service. More: continued here

Post Office services are only a mouse click awayBurlington Union, MA –2 hours agoBy Jodi Blase/Correspondent Burlington Post Office has increased its services to the community, offering everything from automated postal machines to … More: continued here

Southtown post office fight hots upGreat Yarmouth Mercury, UK –2 minutes agoRESIDENTS in Southtown and Cobholm have launched a vigorous campaign to save their Lichfield Road post office. More than 120 people gathered at Lichfield … More: continued here

Merrill Lynch, IBM, eBay, Pfizer, Roche, Google in focusMarketWatch –16 minutes agoBy Abby Deveney, MarketWatch Stock futures slipped, with above-forecast results from International Business Machines and Merrill Lynch's largely as-expected … More: continued here

Federal Express is operating from its new cargo facility at Tallahassee Regional Airport, the city of Tallahassee announced Wednesday. More: continued here

East Lancashire Post Office closure dates announcedBurnley Citizen, UK –4 hours agoThis was achieved largely by boosting the financial (if not service) results at Royal Mail following the installation of senior management, including Adam … More: continued here

Michelle Obama fought back yesterday against criticism that her husband is elitist, painting the presidential candidate as an ordinary man whose family once lived on food stamps and saying they both understand the plight of working America. More: continued here

Postie Micky stamps his class on the MarathonIlford Recorder 24, UK –2 hours agoILFORD AC walkers were on hand to produce a good showing at the London Marathon over the weekend. Postman Micky Sutton gave a first class display as he beat … More: continued here

Kent Online Postal Museum celebrates regional stampsDesign Week, UK –1 hour agoTo mark the occasion, Royal Mail has commissioned Sedley Place designer and philatelic specialist Rupert Denyer to created a prestige stamp book and …Stamps focus on rare insectsDorset EchoInsect stamps launchNatural History MuseumFirst class ant makes rare appearanceWoking News and MailKent …

Bootle post office campaigners 'gutted' but vow to fight onicSeftonandWestLancs, UK –3 hours agoby Mark Johnson, Bootle Times CAMPAIGNERS are ‘gutted’ to have lost their battle to keep a Bootle post office open but have vowed to keep fighting. … More: continued here