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With the news industry crumbling, analysts and others are looking at the micropayment approach, which could ultimately serve eBay well. More: continued here

Unions seized on bumper profits at Royal Mail to argue that a doubling of profit, despite a continued fall in the number of letters being posted, should render controversial government plans to part privatise the company obsolete. More: continued here

Royal Mail profits double to £321m More: continued here

Royal Mail To Introduce Zonal Access Prices In 2010Hell Mail, UKRoyal Mail is to introduce zone-based access pricing from April 2010. The move follows an application to Postcomm in November 2008 which has been accepted, albeit held back to allow access customers to prepare for the price changes. … More: continued …

Daily Mail Royal Mail profit doublesReutersLONDON (Reuters) – Royal Mail posted a doubling of full-year operating profit with each of its four units contributing for the first time in two decades, and said its pension fund deficit had also doubled. Royal Mail, which runs mail, parcel delivery …Royal Mail doubled …

A former postal carrier from Macomb Township has been charged with stealing $19,110 worth of stamps and selling them at a discount on the Internet to fund his mortgage payments, according to federal postal investigators. More: continued here

Post Office Recognizes Sevilleta Land Grant With StampMountain Mail, NMThe La Joya Post Office will recognize the Sevilleta de la Joya Land Grant of 1819 with a commemorative cancellation post mark. La Joya postal clerk Sarah Rivera de Córdova said the US Postal Service has given the office permission to honor …

If Livingston grasps his opportunity, BT can emerge revitalisedTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThis is what has held back the Royal Mail, bt's former state-owned stablemate, for years. The dead hand of state ownership has left the Royal Mail wheezing on the barest supply of financial oxygen. Despite this, management has forced modernisation on …

A day after he warned the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the country’s dependence on foreign oil, FedEx chairman and CEO Frederick W. Smith testified Wednesday to a House panel on the use of civilian airliners by the military. More: continued here

Post Office Raises Cost of StampsBell Gardens Sun, CABy EGP News Service The cost of a first-class mail stamp increased two cents to 44 cents on Monday. The price of a postcard stamp increased 1 cent to 28 cents, the first ounce of a large envelope increased 5 cents to 88 …