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SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON—-Analytics software from KXEN is helping boost audiences at Royal Shakespeare Company productions in a pioneering arts marketing move. The initiative, an Accenture-led program to segment audiences, has seen a 50% rise in ticket buyers at RSC’s Stratford-upon-Avon theatre, a more than 70% increase in regular attendees …

Balfour Beatty’s Metronet write-offs will largely be offset by the sale of its stake in Devonport Royal Dockyard and around £40m of tax credits. Brokers, meanwhile, expect profits of £195m for 2007, rising to £214m this year, putting the shares on around 11.5 times earnings. More: continued here

ROYAL Mail bosses were today urged to end the uncertainty over the future of Edinburgh post offices by publishing their list of proposed branch closures. More: continued here

ROYAL Mail bosses were today urged to end the uncertainty over the future of Edinburgh post offices by publishing their list of proposed branch closures. More: continued here

Royal Mail develops chocolate direct mail formatBrand Republic (subscription), UK –1 hour agoby Alex Donohue Brand Republic 15-Jan-08, 12:00 LONDON – Royal Mail has unveiled a new mailing package for business customers devised by Proximity London … More: continued here

Flat out to meet skill demandnebusiness.co.uk, UK –2 hours agoThe former Royal Mail worker was inspired to set up the business by his mother. “The idea for the flatpack-man business came to me when my mother needed … More: continued here

Princess Diana’s former butler told an inquest into her death Monday he believed it was “impossible” that she was murdered on the orders of the royal family. More: continued here

Nicole Kidman is reportedly considering giving birth to her baby at one of Sydney’s top private hospitals. Kidman, 40, is believed to favour the state-of-the-art luxury offered at Sydney’s Prince of Wales private hospital instead of the state-funded Royal Hospital for Women. More: continued here

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — U.K. stocks rose for the first time in four days, led by Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc as crude oil gained. Barclays Plc increased after Credit Suisse Group advised clients to buy the stock over the short term. More: continued here

Three of the world’s best-known ocean liners had a right royal send off as they steamed out of New York harbour side by side. It was the only time in Cunard’s history that the Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria had met in port More: continued here