Royal Mail set for share flotation
The details of the privatisation of Royal Mail will be announced later on Wednesday by the Business Secretary, Vince Cable. More: continued here
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Star-Spangled Window Box at the Historic Charles Street Station Post Office – Beacon Hill Times
Star-Spangled Window Box at the Historic Charles Street Station Post OfficeBeacon Hill TimesBHT1 Susan Birkett, a resident of Charles River Square and a member of the Beacon Hill Garden Club, created a star-spangled window box in honor of Independence Day at the historic Charles Street Station post office. Beacon Hill Garden Club members, … More: continued…
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Top City Fund Manager Backs Royal Mail Sale – Sky News
The Guardian Top City Fund Manager Backs Royal Mail SaleSky NewsSpeaking exclusively to Sky News, Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, dismissed talk of industrial action that could disrupt a privatisation of Royal Mail as "union noise" and said he expected institutional investors to take a …Royal Mail staff to be offered up…
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Royal Mail will be given the freedom to thrive
Privatising Royal Mail will help secure our postal service’s long-term future, says Michael Fallon More: continued here
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FedEx settles lawsuit over delivery charges
FedEx Corp. has settled a lawsuit over claims that it routinely overcharged by billing deliveries to business and government offices at higher residential-delivery rates. A federal judge in Memphis scheduled … More: continued here
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US House to Split Food Stamps From Farm Bill, Aide Says – Bloomberg
Wonkette (satire) US House to Split Food Stamps From Farm Bill, Aide SaysBloombergU.S. House leaders have decided to split food stamps and other nutrition programs from farm subsidies and bring an agriculture-only bill up for a vote before the August recess, a Republican leadership aide said. Such a move would amount to a divorce …Food…
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Post office workers pass out after contact with chemical – WAFF-TV: News … – WAFF
Post office workers pass out after contact with chemical – WAFF-TV: News …WAFFTwo employees of a Guntersville post office have been hospitalized after coming into contact with a chemical. The two complained of feeling sick after the liquid spilled from a package while they were sorting mail. Other employees are being observed on …and more »…
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Royal Mail staff to get shares worth up to 300 mln stg in IPO -report
Royal Mail employees will get shares that could be worth as much as 300 million pounds as part of the British government’s plans to list the state postal operator, Sky News reported, in what would be Britain’s … More: continued here
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Atwater post office customers in a jam – The Eastsider LA
The Eastsider LA Atwater post office customers in a jamThe Eastsider LAAn empty parking lot surrounded by a six-foot-tall chain link fence taunts the patrons of the adjacent Atwater Village post office as customers drop off and pick up their mail. Even during the somewhat slower times of the day, there are often times ……
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Farm bill support frays amid tight money, shifting alliances
For decades, Congress rolled food stamps and farm subsidies together into one giant bill. The tactic generated lots of rural and urban votes from politicians in both parties. Everyone got something out of the deal. That longtime marriage, though, is in trouble. With federal money tight, old alliances are starting to fray. More: continued here