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Bangalore: The Royal Challengers Bangalore squad will leave for South Africa on April 5 for the Indian Premier League commencing there on April 18. Royal Challengers will play its first game against defending champion Rajasthan Royals at … More: continued here

The government’s choice of a strategic partner for Royal Mail appears to be narrowing to just two suitors, according to the Communications Workers Union. In a letter to branch officials this week, general secretary Billy Hayes said the CWU had canvassed mail companies and unions in Europe over likely interest …

Queen scraps plans to buy ¢G7million luxury jet as Royal Family will continue to use RAF plane for air travel More: continued here

Royal Mail apologises to Ecclefechan residentsDumfries and Galloway Standard, UKECCLEFECHAN residents have been given an apology from the Royal Mail after delivering an “unprofessional” service last week. Despite strong opposition, the village’s full-time sub post office in the Tennant House Stores was closed as part of government … More: continued here

James Daley: Why is privatisation such a dirty word?Independent, UKWalking through Waterloo station this morning, I was handed a flyer by someone campaigning against the privatisation of Royal Mail. Amongst its "10 reasons to SAY NO" was the rather rash and unsupported statement that it would "repeat the mistakes of … …

Straits Times The Five Day Postal ServiceHell Mail, UKTo some extent the decline in the humble letter has been softened by the introduction of junk mail and parcels, but with much of what Royal Mail delivers now being sorted by competitors, Royal Mail would need to be delivering twice as much …

Gordon Brown is set to press ahead with plans to overthrow Royal succession rules after Jack Straw said it was now a ‘higher priority’ for the Government. More: continued here

Straw admits changes to Royal succession rules before next election are ‘very unlikely’ More: continued here

The e-mail encourages readers to pass the message to everyone they know, and as the text message rises in popularity the message has jumped media and become a text message forward. More: continued here

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Signet Jewelers Limited, American Public Education, Inc., 3M, Royal Bank of Scotland and MetLife, Inc. More: continued here