Royal Mail

Truancy begins at homeYorkshire Evening Post, UK –1 hour agoYet parent company Royal Mail still racks up enormous annual profits running into hundreds of millions of pounds. There may eventually come a time when post …Leeds architects' are lunchtime gardenersYorkshire Evening Postall 2 news articles More: continued here

Royal Mail hires Tony Lamb as head of dataBrand Republic (subscription), UK –18 minutes agoby Alex Donohue Brand Republic 11-Jan-08, 12:40 LONDON – Royal Mail has hired Tony Lamb, the former head of technical development at Wegener DM and DMA Data … More: continued here

BBC News Anger as third of POs close in 8 yearsGlasgow Evening Times, UK –2 hours agoTwo of the original choices – Hyndland and Kelvindale, in the West End – have been spared by Royal Mail. However, two more have been added to the list. …n Branches in Westmuir Street, left, and …

LOVE IS IN THE POST – ROYAL MAIL LAUNCHES NEW VALENTINE’S RETAIL …Response Source (press release), UK –5 minutes agoRoyal Mail has launched a new Valentine’s retail stamp book to help retailers boost stamp sales and enable their customers to post special loving greetings … More: continued here

Bromley Times Why do we undermine our most valuable assets?John O’Groat Journal, UK –1 hour agoAnd while I am looking back, I bet that many people my age and older will remember the shiny red Royal Mail coach, the first one behind the black British …Royal FAILBromley Timesall 2 news articles More: …

Socialist Party Postal workers fight to defend the Burslem 12Socialist Party, UK –2 hours agoThe strike is solid and Royal Mail have been forced to parachute in 218 managers to deliver mail. Royal Mail are clearly under orders from the government to …Royal Mail’s pension consultation about to closeSocialistworker.co.ukBurslem post dispute set …

All Thai civil servants are to cease the use of free e-mail accounts–in particular from foreign-based e-mail systems–on grounds of national security. More: continued here

Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose for a second day, led by banks, as investors speculated the U.S. may cut interest rates and Bank of America Corp. may buy Countrywide Financial Corp., helping to contain subprime-mortgage losses. More: continued here

Quebecor World Nears Financing Deal Led by RBC, Globe ReportsBloomberg –14 hours ago… North America's second-biggest printer, is close to refinancing its debt with Royal Bank of Canada as a leading lender, the Globe and Mail reported, …Quebecor World stock rallies on financing reportCBC NewsQuebecor World close to financing deal: reportReuters …

Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks fell for the fourth time in five days, led by Suncor Energy Inc., as crude oil prices dropped on concern that slowing U.S. growth will cut consumption of energy and other commodities. More: continued here