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Royal Bank of Canada announced late Thursday that it plans to record a charge of roughly $850-million (U.S.) in the second quarter. Canada’s largest bank said the goodwill impairment charge will hurt its earnings for the quarter, but is a non-cash item that will note affect its capital ratios. More: …

Royal Mail manager charged with theftThe Herald, UKA ROYAL Mail manager has appeared in court charged with stealing money from the post. David Paul Baker, aged 46, is accused of stealing £77 from five envelopes and parcels belonging to the Royal Mail on October 3 last year. … More: continued here

BBC News End of road for Scotland 's 'post bus'BBC News, UKRoyal Mail says five of the seven routes cost too much money to run. James Cook has followed one of the last journeys of the postbus, which runs from Torridon to Applecross, on the Wester Ross peninsula. More: continued here

Don't praise NIPOSTThe Guardian – Nigeria, NigeriaI live in England and my local postal system is the Royal Mail. The efficiency of Royal Mail is without equal locally and internationally. My personal experience of NIPOST left me disgusted and disappointed. I wrote to the Director-General of NIPOST … More: continued here

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is urging the public to be aware of the risks when purchasing medicines online, following a survey released by GP magazine. The survey shows one in four GPs has treated patients for adverse reactions to medicines bought on the Internet. More: continued here

A Royal Protection Officer at Buckingham Palace conned colleagues through a multimillion pound gambling syndicate while guarding the Queen a court heard. More: continued here

This weekend the Duke of Edinburgh becomes the longest-serving royal consort Lisa Jones looks at how he has carved out a role for himself More: continued here

Postcomm Puts Royal Mail Pricing On IceHell Mail, UKUK postal regulator, Postcomm, has announced it is to make no changes to existing Royal Mail price control arrangements. The decision follows discussion with interested parties and the ongoing progression of the Postal Services Bill being championed by … More: continued here

Altogether officers protecting the royals lost more than £250,000 to a spread-betting venture called ‘the currency club’, one of a number of apparently successful sidelines Paul Page allegedly set up to clear spiralling debts, a court has heard. More: continued here

(Adds Knight Libertas) April 16 (Reuters) – The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com. More: continued here