Vince Cable has admitted that Royal Mail 's controversial stock market flotation may not have got the "maximum value" for the taxpayer, as MPs accused him of letting it be sold at a "ridiculous" price. Members of the Commons business select committee criticised the Lib Dem business secretary's handling of …
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Read More »Royal Mail Privatisation Will Not Face Probe, Says City Watchdog – Huffington Post UK
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An armed package handler with bullets strapped across his chest "like Rambo" opened fire Tuesday morning at a FedEx station outside Atlanta. More: continued here
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