If prices of goods or services are rising or falling, it often means that someone is winning and someone is losing as a result. As a general service reminder, and hopefully a money-saving reminder, Saturday … More: continued here
WASHINGTON — It will cost you three cents more to send a birthday card or pay a bill using the U.S. Postal Service starting on Sunday. The price of a first-class mail single-piece letter will go from 46 to 49 cents. More: continued here
Online shoppers help Royal MailInvestors ChronicleThe privatisation of Royal Mail (RMG) last October captured investors' imaginations in a way not seen since the 1980s and early 1990s. Floated at 330p a share, the stock has since soared to 585p. However, the share price could now be due a correction … More: continued here
Activist investor Carl Icahn opened a new position in eBay (EBAY) and proposed a spinoff of the company's PayPal business. Although eBay dismissed the suggestion, shares went up around 7%. More: continued here
ABC30.com USPS raising price of stamps this weekendABC30.comFILE – In this Dec. 5, 2011, photo, a customer places first class stamps on envelopes at a U.S. Post Office in San Jose, Calif. It'll cost another penny to mail a letter in 2013. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that it will raise … More:…
Italy moves to sell stake in post office to cut public debtReutersUL will be aimed at institutional and retail investors as well as post office employees, and Economy Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni said it could raise between 4 and 4.8 billion euros ($5.47-$6.57 billion). "I hope we can complete the sale before the … More: continued…
On Sunday, postage stamp price increases for third year straightHouston Chronicle (blog)This Ray Charles stamp, released in September, will cost you 3 cents more beginning on Sunday, when the U.S. Postal Service raises the price of a first-class stamp to 49 cents. (Image: U.S. Postal Service). For the third January in a row, the U.S…
The director of a Bradford mail order company will appear in court on Monday, charged with defrauding Royal Mail out of more than £668,000. More: continued here
There are just a few hours left to stock up on forever stamps, which are an even better investment than usual this year. More: continued here
Goldman Sachs Said to Advise EBay as Icahn Intensifies CampaignBloombergGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) is working for EBay Inc. (EBAY) as it faces calls from Carl Icahn to split off its PayPal unit, people with knowledge of the matter said, the investment bank's latest assignment with a technology company facing an activist … More: continued…