CBC.ca UK Royal Mail service to be privatized in coming weeksCBC.caThe British government has confirmed plans to privatize the country's 500-year-old Royal Mail this fall. Business Secretary Vince Cable said Thursday an initial public offering of a majority stake in the postal service was scheduled for the coming weeks. More: …

Seller seeks thousands on eBay for old Duluth PackDuluth News TribuneMilissa Brooks-Ojibway inspects an early Duluth Pack backpack that's part of the St. Louis County Historical Society's artifacts collection. It's similar to the one for sale this week on eBay for $66,023. Brooks-Ojibway is the historical society's … More: continued …

Britain to float Royal Mail within weeksReutersLONDON (Reuters) – Britain embarked on its largest privatization in decades on Thursday as the government unveiled plans to sell the majority of the near 500-year-old state-owned Royal Mail postal service. The Department for Business said a stock … More: continued here

Buy This Monster Garage Drift Car for $10000 on eBayComplex.comYes, the alternating black and yellow stripes are pretty damn ugly, and Jesse James is a used enema of a man, but you have to admit that this car is pretty cool, and almost certainly worth the $10,000 asking price. It …

The Guardian Royal Mail workers at Mount Pleasant split over merits of privatisationThe GuardianRoyal Mail staff leaving the company's vast Mount Pleasant complex in central London showed a split in attitudes towards planned privatisation: rank-and-file staff vehemently opposed; management warily in favour. Colin – all those spoken to preferred … …

Is privatisation the right move for Royal Mail – and for us?Channel 4 NewsIn a move not even sanctioned by the ultra capitalist Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, the government has kickstarted the process of selling shares in Royal Mail in an initial public offering expected to be worth almost …

The Guardian Royal Mail flotation: banks to collect millions for advisory roleThe GuardianBankers, lawyers, accountants and PR firms will collect millions of pounds of government cash from advising on the Royal Mail flotation, with investment banks alone earning around £15m. One of the biggest winners from the deal will be …

Reward offered in capture of man who robbed Patterson post officeModesto BeeThe U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading the arrest and conviction of a man who robbed a postal service driver at gunpoint Wednesday in the back of the Patterson post …

Coal mining stamps have arrivedThe Harlan Daily EnterpriseYears ago, my students tried to help with the campaign to get a “coal mining stamp.” I don't remember who started it, but Wallins' students gathered hundreds of signatures on petitions which I submitted. We were informed there was not enough national …and more » …

No FedEx Cup champion has advanced to the Tour Championship the following year, but Brandt Snedeker may end that streak this week. More: continued here