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A glance Royal Mail’s half-year results on Thursday and you would never have thought this was a company ravaged by strikes, rising competition and ever-falling revenues. More: continued here

BBC News Obese 40-stone Somerset man 'too heavy to cremate'BBC NewsFormer Royal Mail worker Michael Pearce, 61, from Peasesdown St John, died last month from a heart attack. His cremation at Bath's Haycombe Cemetery was …and more » More: continued here

The Post Office says Monday will be the busiest mailing day of the year, when 839 million cards and letters will be processed. That’s nearly double their usual volume.  The busiest delivery day will be Wednesday, Dec. 16. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the Postal Service expects to deliver 16.6 billion …

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore judge has ordered Maryland to deliver food stamps sooner to poor families. More: continued here

DEPOT UPDATE: No offers on eBay; local businessman interested in buildingPalladium-ItemA co-owner of the former Pennsylvania Railroad Depot in Richmond said an auction on eBay had received 1600 hits by Thursday afternoon. …Depot for sale on ebayPalladium-Itemall 4 news articles » More: continued here

The founder of the online classifieds site Craigslist says he began having concerns with eBay shortly after the online auction site took a minority stake in his company. More: continued here

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark said he spoke to Google, eBay and Warburg Pincus in 2004 when disgruntled shareholder Philip Knowlton looked to sell his shares in the online classified site. More: continued here

LONDON (SHARECAST) – Royal Mail made an interim operating profit of £184m, up by 4%, as cost cuts offset a steady decline in mail volumes, but its pension fund deficit has soared to £10bn. More: continued here

Royal Mail Group’s operating profits rose 4 percent in the first half of this financial year, although declines in mail volume pushed revenues lower, the state-owned company said on Thursday. More: continued here

Bagley man found dead near Yale Post OfficeRadio IowaAuthorities report Bagley and Panora ambulance crews were dispatched at around 7:15 am Wednesday to the Yale Post Office after receiving word a male subject …Officials say Iowa man found by truck during blizzard died of hypothermia …WQADall 16 news articles » More: …