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Hell Mail Turning Back The Clock On Postal ServicesHell Mail, UKThis coming week will see the privatisation of Royal Mail back in the spotlight as all the debate reaches its conclusion in the House of Commons. With so many Labour MPs having signed an early day motion to reject the sell-off, …

Telegraph.co.uk CVC bids 2 bln stg for Royal Mail stake -reportReutersLONDON, May 31 (Reuters) – Private equity group CVC Partners has offered to pay just under 2 billion pounds for a 30 percent stake in state-owned postal group Royal Mail, the Sunday Telegraph reported. The bid is higher than a …

Merseyside Police and Post Office unite to fight 'cash in transit …Wirral Globe, UKBy Globe correspondent » Merseyside Police has joined up with the Post Office and SmartWater Technology Ltd to clamp down on cash in transit robberies across the region. Police officers from Merseyside will be working closely together to …

Local group's effort to get Rudy Vallee his own stamp sheds light …Ventura County Star, CALocal group's effort to get Rudy Vallee his own stamp sheds light on a sometimes arduous process. For more on the campaign to get Rudy Vallee on one, including where to send letters of support, see …

Telegraph.co.uk CVC bids 2 bln stg for Royal Mail stake -reportguardian.co.uk, UKLONDON, May 31 (Reuters) – Private equity group CVC Partners has offered to pay just under 2 billion pounds for a 30 percent stake in state-owned postal group Royal Mail, the Sunday Telegraph reported. The bid is higher than a …

Budget cuts close San Leon's US Postal ServiceGalveston County Daily News, TXBy TJ Aulds SAN LEON — About 300 San Leon residents no longer will be able to pick up their mail from the post office on Bayshore Drive. The US Postal Service ended its contract with the independent post office …

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Telegraph.co.uk Postman Pat leads Birmingham protest against Royal Mail privatisationBirminghamMail.net, UKPOSTMAN Pat joined hundreds of angry postmen, campaigners and a city MP in Birmingham as they demanded an end to plans to privatise Royal Mail. The children's character and a brass band led a noisy protest march through sunny Birmingham city …

'Ancient' relics on eBay? Most are modern fakesHartford Courant, United StatesWhen Charles "Chip" Stanish, director of UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, craves a good laugh over human folly, he knows it's just a mouse-click away, on eBay's crowded bazaar of ancient artifacts. A reddish clay pot in the shape of a …