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EBay today announced it bought the technology and team behind Hunch, a Web startup that recommends restaurants, neighborhoods and clothes you might like based on your existing interests. More: continued here

CWU says Royal Mail results should reward staffPost and ParcelCommenting on Royal Mail's half year financial results today (Monday) – which show operating profit up by £55 million and improvements in all parts of the business – the Communication Workers Union says the improvement in performance should be shared …‘Scaremongering’ …

The Atlantic Wire eBay Buys Recommendation Service Hunch To Improve Buying And SellingTechCrunchLearn More Hunch, a service that provides a “taste graph” of personalized recommendations based on users' interests, has just been bought by auction site eBay, the companies have confirmed. The amount hasn't officially been disclosed, …eBay Acquires Hunch …

Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Stamp of approval for Miller post officeWilkes Barre Times-LeaderOn Thursday afternoon in the lobby of the Pittston Post Office, which will one day be named for her father the late Pennsylvania State Trooper Joshua Miller, 18-year-old Justine Miller was asked about her favorite … More: continued here

Reuters UK Mobile Shopping Forces Retailers Like Lowe's, Best Buy And Toys R Us To AdaptHuffington Post11 this year), according to PayPal, the online payments business owned by eBay Inc. That's the last non-work day when orders will be shipped in time for Christmas. Last year on that day, total …

Royal Mail reports rising profits, while stressing that its core business of delivering letters is making a loss. More: continued here

The Royal Mail reported increased half-year profits of £67 million today, but revealed a further slump in the number of letters being posted. More: continued here

Postal Service mulls digital mailbox serviceFederalNewsRadio.comHere's how the Postal Service envisions the service working: Users would sign up for their digital mailbox online and receive a confirmation number, which would be verified by an in-person visit to a Post Office branch. The eMailbox would be tied to a … More: …

Collectible stamps show their strengths as an alternative hedge over the long termOpalesqueAcademics from the London Business School have researched stamp catalogue prices to investigate the returns on British collectible postage stamps over the period 1900–2008. Elroy Dimson and Christophe Spaenjers' … More: continued here

USA Today Actor Corbin Bernsen talks 3-D, Twitter, eBay obsessionUSA TodayBy Jefferson Graham Off-camera, Bernsen lives with a new 3D TV in his home, is an active Twitter commenter (@corbinbernsen) and is one of eBay's best customers. Bernsen is known for having one of the world's biggest collection of snow …