TWO men have been charged with robbing a customer during an attempted raid on a South Tyneside post office.         More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail chairman survives encounter with 'locust' investorTelegraph.co.ukDonald Brydon, chairman of Royal Mail, is describing his first meeting with Chris Hohn, the notorious boss of TCI, the hedge fund that is now the delivery company's biggest shareholder. If Vince Cable had had his way, the meeting would have been …

Mirror.co.uk Art lover snaps up £3k painting on eBay – unaware it's a £250k masterpiece!Mirror.co.ukIt had previously been owned by art dealer Robert Warren who revealed it was one of a pair and said he had sold the other, depicting a couple eating oysters and drinking champagne, on eBay but …

Post office seeks refuge under archaic law over lost cheque, told to pay Rs 20KTimes of IndiaBackground: Postal authorities claim immunity from being held liable due to protection granted under the archaic Post Office Act. The National Commission, while holding the post office liable for the loss of a cheque, …

City veteran Donald Brydon downplays his meeting with the boss of the hedge fund that is his company's biggest shareholder         More: continued here

Lecompton residents concerned for post officeSeattle Post IntelligencerLECOMPTON, Kan. (AP) — More than 100 people attended a weekend meeting about the future of Lecompton's post office. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/KtVk1k ) that Mayor Sandy Jacquot encouraged the standing-room-only crowd …and more » More: continued here

Sunday share tips: Royal Mail, N Brown, RevolymerIFA MagazineThe public's conversion to online Christmas shopping is likely to have served Royal Mail well, the Sunday Times's Danny Fortson wrote. Fortson, in his Inside the City column, said sales growth at online fashion retailer Asos showed the potential size … More: …

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A former Royal Mail worker has admitted to opening hundreds of packages and letters while working at his father's post office in Chelmsford. Dhiran Pandya, of Rectory Road, North Fambridge, appeared at Basildon Magistrates' Court on Friday charged with four counts of waylaying and stealing post between September 1, 2011, …

Letter – Food stamps: Food distribution creates problemsSpringfield News-LeaderRegarding food stamps, Jim Kelley writes in the Jan. 15 News-Leader: “What I am for is eliminating the waste and fraud by allowing the states to be totally in charge. Instead of the food stamp program, there would be a food distribution …