Royal Mail

Sale plan has official stamp of approvalFinancial Times, UKBy Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent The rapidly escalating row over Royal Mail has produced a welter of claims and counter-claims about the postal operator’s financial health and future. I thought Royal Mail was profit-making – what’s the … More: continued here

Postal workers to join Royal Mail protestBelfast Telegraph, United KingdomBy Claire McNeilly Northern Ireland postal workers were today due to join a massive UK-wide protest against the Government’s plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. Members of the Communication Workers Union from across the province were travelling to … More: continued here

BBC News Papers debate Royal Mail sell-offBBC News, UKMinisters who found unlimited sums for banks, it argues, can save Royal Mail. A study showing that one in nine people living in Britain was born overseas raises a few eyebrows in the papers. The Daily Express finds it astonishing; the Daily Mail …

This is Money What will happen to Royal Mail pension?This is Money, UKHow can the Government talk about Royal Mail pensions being cut by half because of the big deficit that has built up? Beat the pensions industry at their own game and boost your income with our… I have paid …

BBC News Tuesday in WestminsterBBC News, UKBy Alicia McCarthy The chief executive of Royal Mail has warned that the business is not making enough money to guarantee the survival of the universal postal service. Adam Crozier was giving evidence to MPs, as hundreds of postal workers staged a … More: continued …

Battle lines were drawn over the future of the Royal Mail today as the Government was accused of “betrayal” and underhand tactics. More: continued here

Hundreds of postal workers have protested in Westminster over Government plans to part privatise the Royal Mail. More: continued here

Brits eye privatization of mail serviceBusiness Lexington, KYAs talk swirls state-side of nationalization of banks, our one time rulers are are set for a fierce debate over the partial privatization of the Royal Mail service. Use this form to submit Reader Feedback. Your submission will be reviewed by our staff … …

Telegraph.co.uk Is Social Networking Killing You?New York Times, United StatesNo less an authority on the brain’s workings than Susan Greenfield, a professor of pharmacology at Oxford University and the director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, told a British newspaper on Tuesday that social networking sites remind her …Social websites …

The Conservatives pledged yesterday to support the Government over the sale of a third of Royal Mail and warned Gordon Brown against caving in to his Labour opponents. More: continued here