The Food Stamp ArmyPersonal Liberty DigestWhen people get hungry, they get desperate. History shows that desperate people do desperate things. But not to worry in America; food stamps are keeping the people fat and happy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 101 million people are …Feeding America's poor – why …
Read More »UK to list Royal Mail, woos workers with free shares
By Neil Maidment and William James LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will list a majority stake in the Royal Mail postal service on the stock market in the next nine months, promising free shares for workers fiercely opposed to the country’s biggest privatisation in around 20 years. Analysts expect the initial …
Read More »Pictures: UK butterflies on new stamps
Royal Mail have unveiled a brand new collection of stamps featuring 10 different butterfly species from the UK. More: continued here
Read More »Unused space, high rental rates plague Main Street post office – Victoria Advocate
Victoria Advocate Unused space, high rental rates plague Main Street post officeVictoria AdvocateThe U.S. Postal Service is considering closing the Victoria Main Post Office at Main and Church streets. Last month, postal officials sent out notification of their intent to conduct a discontinuance feasibility study of the Victoria Main Post …
Read More »The Royal Mail sell-off plan is daylight robbery of our postal service – The Guardian
The Royal Mail sell-off plan is daylight robbery of our postal serviceThe GuardianThis wretched government is now selling off Royal Mail, with the aid of a syndicate of banks headed by those well-known guarantors of the public interest, Goldman Sachs and UBS. The financiers will take home around £30m; over …
Read More »Royal Mail privatisation plans announced
Business Secretary Vince Cable has confirmed the British government will sell Royal Mail through a flotation on the London Stock Exchange. More: continued here
Read More »Postal workers to get shares in private Royal Mail
LONDON (AP) — The Royal Mail can trace its history back 500 years to the time of Henry VIII and its bright red “pillarboxes” grace streets across the UK — from the Scilly Isles to Scotland. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Sale: Cable Outlines Flotation
Royal Mail staff will get free shares under the Government’s plans for the privatisation of the service, despite strong opposition to the sell-off among the workforce. The Business Secretary Vince Cable … More: continued here
Read More »Vince Cable set to present details of £3bn Royal Mail sell-off – Financial Times
Vince Cable set to present details of £3bn Royal Mail sell-offFinancial TimesRoyal Mail is “ready” to be sold off, the business minister said on Wednesday morning, kicking off the largest privatisation for two decades. Michael Fallon said the state-owned delivery service needed access to private capital to invest as it …
Read More »Royal Mail privatisation plans unveiled
The government on Wednesday announced plans to privatise more than half of Royal Mail following a major restructuring in recent years triggered by a surge in email use. More: continued here
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