BUNGLING burglars failed to steal a cash machine containing around £15,000 from a shop – because it was too heavy for them to lift into their getaway vehicle. The four masked men broke into the Post Office before attaching straps to the ATM and then dragging it outside using a Land Rover 4×4. But the…
Daily Mail Ed Miliband condemns 'fire sale of a great institution' at knock-down priceDaily MailMore than 100million Royal Mail shares were traded within 60 minutes of the former monopoly floating on the stockmarket yesterday. Their price jumped instantly from £3.30, the sale price set by ministers, to £4.50, allowing critics to say the … More:…
WITH more than two million stamps in his collection, Toowoomba’s Bob Littlehales admits it takes a lot of commitment to call yourself a stamp collector. More: continued here
New Delhi, Oct 12 : India's e-commerce marketplace, eBay India, has announced the eBay for Charity Fest 2013 or www.ebay.in/charityfest for 'The Joy of Giving Week'. More: continued here
FISA Court Rubber Stamps Continued Collection Of Metadata On Every Single …TechdirtEven though the same thing has been rubber stamped every few months for at least the past seven years, this time there was an attempt at a full justification for why it made sense. Of course, since it was a one-sided situation, without any…
A 38 percent increase reignites criticism that the government sold a majority of Britain’s main postal service too cheaply. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Buying frenzy could make Royal Mail sell-off most successful everTelegraph.co.ukBy the market close on Friday, Royal Mail's share price had risen 38 per cent from 330p to 455p — beating first-day gains by both British Telecom and Railtrack. The jump in the Royal Mail share price meant 690,000 retail investors saw their £749.10 ……
The Guardian (blog) Just what the privatisation of Royal Mail will deliver remains to be seenThe Guardian (blog)The parallel with the Royal Mail is not exact, of course. The state is retaining a 30% stake for the time being, and it would not be sensible for a government to try to scrape every last penny…
Telegraph.co.uk Rocketing Royal Mail triggers row over cheap saleTelegraph.co.ukBen Harris-Quinney, chairman of conservative think tank, the Bow Group, said: “It should now be clear to even the staunchest supporters of the government's flotation of Royal Mail that the company has been significantly undervalued.” Business Secretary … More: continued here
The Guardian Royal Mail shares soar 38% as Labour complains of knockdown priceThe GuardianThe government has been accused of shortchanging taxpayers by selling off Royal Mail at a knockdown price after shares in the privatised postal service rose by 38% on their debut on Friday. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, said the jump in the…