WACO — A Central Texas couple who stole more than 50,000 pieces of mail from more than 80 cities, including several in Washington County, have been sentenced to federal prison. More: continued here

Canada post clarifies its position More: continued here

The Guardian Froth goes, but Royal Mail sale was flawedThe GuardianA year after privatisation at 330p, Royal Mail shares stand at 402p. That's an improvement of 22%, unexceptional by the standard of past government sell-offs. So was Vince Cable right all along? Was the state's sale of a 60% stake …

International Business Times UK Royal Mail's Moya Greene: Hostilities with CWU Union Thawed After PrivatisationInternational Business Times UKThe hostilities between Royal Mail managers and the postal service's main union have died down after the state-owned employer was privatised, according to Moya Greene. The chief executive of the Royal Mail told …

Break Up Bonanza Rolls On With Hewlett-Packard, EBayForbesHewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard, eBay eBay, Bayer Bayer—the pace of spin-off announcements this year has been accelerating. Nine new spins were announced in the past month. We estimate that about 62 spin-offs are likely to be completed in 2014, the …Breaking up is the new thing …

International Business Times UK UK Mental Health: Barclays, BT and Royal Mail Team Up to Target Depression …International Business Times UKSome of Europe's top business leaders, from the likes of Royal Mail, Barclays and BT, have backed a new charter designed to target depression in the workplace. The charter, based …

E-commerce site eBay is kicking off a global branding campaign that aims to draw attention to the wide array of goods it has available ahead of the holiday shopping season. More: continued here

PYMNTS.com EBay Brands Itself as a Place to 'Shop the World'ABC NewsE-commerce site eBay is kicking off a global branding campaign that aims to draw attention to the wide array of goods it has available ahead of the holiday shopping season. It's the first time eBay has created a campaign …

Trading Royal Mail for profitInteractive InvestorThis is the second of a series of four articles where I will explain how I use my tramline system to actively trade the markets for profit. Warning: I am not a buy-and-hold man (the FTSE is trading at the same level as in December …

Royal Mail settles with French competition authorityFinancial TimesRoyal Mail has reached a settlement with the French competition authority over alleged breaches of antitrust laws by its subsidiary GLS France, setting aside a total of £18m for any fines and legal bills. The Autorité de la Concurrence's antitrust … More: continued …