Royal Mail staff to be gifted shares as business is privatised
Sell-off expected to raise £3 billion with London listing to come by end of financial year More: continued here
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Royal Mail privatisation will not affect postal delivery – Vince Cable
Business secretary says postal service sell-off will not threaten universal service obligation to deliver to 29 million UK homes The Royal Mail’s duty to deliver to all 29 million homes in the UK will survive privatisation, the government has said, as it unveiled plans for the most significant state sell-off since the railways in the…
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Post office to carry relief parcels free for Uttarakhand
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Department of Posts has decided to dispatch parcels of relief material free of postage charges to the flood victims of Uttarakhand. More: continued here
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Postal Workers to Get Shares in Private Royal Mail – ABC News
Postal Workers to Get Shares in Private Royal MailABC NewsThe British government will lay out plans to privatize the Royal Mail in a 3 billion pounds ($4.5 billion) share offering that will see tens of thousands of workers get a stake in the company. Business minister Michael Fallon told the BBC on Wednesday … More:…
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The top state for food stamps
With more than 1 in 5 citizens receiving assistance, it has more people on the program than the populations of Boston or Seattle. More: continued here
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Tom’s Guide: 10 Apps for eBay Shopping on Android – Tom’s Hardware Guide
Tom's Guide: 10 Apps for eBay Shopping on AndroidTom’s Hardware GuideeBay is full of great deals, but sitting at your computer all day looking for them isn't always an economical use of your time. Luckily, there is a ton of great applications to help you find the best deals, bid for items, and list your…
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Can Americans live without the App Store? – CBS News
Philly.com Can Americans live without the App Store?CBS NewsFrom restaurant recommendations and fashion advice to boredom-busting games, we've grown accustomed to having unlimited apps at our fingertips. As Apple celebrates the fifth anniversary of the App Store, eBay decided to see just how much apps …The retail app-ocalypse: Majority of shopping apps never make it to…
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The Food Stamp Army – Personal Liberty Digest
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 food stamps wont go awayChannel…
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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 public offering (IPO) to value…
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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