Royal Mail has announced a rise in annual profits after revenues growth from parcel deliveries more than offset a further decline in letter volumes. In its first set of results since its controversial £3.3 billion stock market flotation in October, the company said operating profits after transformation costs were £430 …
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Read More »Connecticut attorney general probing eBay data breach – Reuters
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Read More »Royal Mail warns of ‘intense’ competition as profits rise – Telegraph.co.uk
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Read More »Royal Mail Shares Tumble Amid Moya Greene Warning on 'Intense' Parcels Competition
Royal Mail shares fell by more than 7% after the recently privatised communications firm warned in its full-year financial results of intensifying competition. Higher profit was driven by rising revenues in Royal Mail's key parcels businesses in the UK and continental Europe. But Moya Greene, chief executive of Royal Mail, …
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Read More »Every eBay Account Holder Hacked – Daily Beast
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