EBay finished last year with a flourish as bargain hunters flocked to its Internet shopping mall and digital payment service to help lift the company's fourth-quarter earnings above analyst projections. More: continued here
Parcels merger deal falls throughexpressandstar.comThe deal would have been a blow to Royal Mail, which is growing its parcel deliveries business to make up for a continued shortfall in letters as it prepares for privatisation. TNT has 70 delivery depots, three sorting hubs and three national contact …and more » More: continued here
EBay Profit Falls 62% Following Skype SaleFox BusinessEBay Inc. (EBAY) on Wednesday posted a sharp drop in fourth-quarter profit due to the big gain the e-commerce giant recorded the same period last year from its sale of the Skype Internet phone service. Excluding the Skype comparison and a resulting 62% … More: continued here
THE plan by Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd to offer Islamic banking services through post office counters by the third quarter of the year is still pending approvals. More: continued here
Washington Post News Summary: EBay's strong 4th-quarter performance delivers the goods for …Washington PostHOLIDAY SEASON HIT: EBay Inc.'s Internet shopping mall and digital payment service attracted more consumers during the final three months of last year to deliver fourth-quarter earnings that were slightly better than analysts anticipated. ON A ROLL … More: continued here
Apple stamps make debut today in Yakima, WAYakima Herald-RepublicApple stamps make debut today in Yakima, WA. Posted on January 16, 2013. Apples featured on new stamps are (clockwise, from left) Granny Smith, Northern Spy, Golden Delicious and Baldwin. (photo illustration by TJ MULLINAX/Yakima Herald-Republic) … More: continued here
Standard Speaker Post offices mull hour reductionsStandard SpeakerERIC CONOVER/Staff Photographer Dorothy Birosh, center, of Hazleton and her daughter, Susan Pisarek of Philadelphia, have Judy Buff, postmaster at the Harleigh Post Office, check postage for envelopes Wednesday. About 20 rural Luzerne County post … More: continued here
AFTER more than three weeks off the road, a vital mobile Post Office van which serves 10 rural villages in Northumberland was all set to roll again. More: continued here
Arris Group Inc., Comcast Corp., Google Inc., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd and Carnival Corp. highlighted in Zacks Analyst Blog More: continued here
Snyder post office meeting set for todayThe Lawton ConstitutionPostal officials will report on results of the survey that will determine the future of postal service to the community. Options will include maintaining the local post office, but with operations reduced to six hours of window service each weekday and … More: continued here