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Europe may not have a class action mechanism, but a securities fraud settlement approved Friday by a Dutch court comes pretty darn close. The Amsterdam Court of Appeals issued a binding declaration ordering Royal Dutch Shell to begin payment of $381 million to a foundation representing a group of more …

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Telegraph.co.uk CVC bids £2bn for stake in Royal MailTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomCVC Capital Partners has proposed paying just under £2bn for a 30pc stake in Royal Mail, ahead of a rival offer from TNT, the Dutch postal group, but far short of the Government's original target, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. …Postal …

CVC Capital Partners has proposed paying just under £2bn for a 30pc stake in Royal Mail ahead of a rival offer from TNT the Dutch postal group but far short of the Government’s original target. More: continued here

It is now almost six months since the Government announced plans to sell a minority stake in Royal Mail. More: continued here

Compensation for mail failures increases by a thirdTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomRoyal Mail paid out more than £2 million in compensation in just three months for lost mail and other delivery problems after pay outs increased by a third. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor More than 250000 complaints were received and completed …

Anger at BNP leaflets inside city magazinePortsmouth News, UKBy Alex Forsyth Royal Mail delivers Portsmouth City Council's Flagship magazine to around 90000 homes and businesses in Portsmouth up to five times a year. eaflets from political parties including the BNP ahead of next week's European elections. …Postal workers reject BNP leafletsMilton …

Postal workers to vote on strike actionStoke & Staffordshire, UKIt is thought most of the 80 distribution and 20 processing jobs will go when Royal Mail shuts its Stoke sorting office and moves operations to Wolverhampton. Now the Communication Workers Union (CWU) is pressing ahead with its ballot after … More: …

Vintage aircraft recreates historic Royal Mail flightAberdeen Press and Journal, UKBy Iain Ramage A VINTAGE aircraft took to the skies yesterday to recreate the historic flight between Inverness and Kirkwall on the 75th anniversary of the internal Royal Mail airmail service. Celebrating the milestone of Captain Ted Fresson's …Honour for air …

guardian.co.uk Underground England by Stephen Smithguardian.co.uk, UKDarting around the country, he takes us on a whirlwind tour, visiting priest holes, grottoes, caverns, slate mines, ley lines, the Millennium Seedbank, the Royston Cave and the Royal Mail tunnel in Birmingham. From his travels, he has assembled a … More: continued here