Royal Mail flotation's froth just keeps getting frothier

Here are three questions to which the business select committee should seek answers Five weeks after the Royal Mail flotation, the froth – as the business secretary, Vince Cable, described it – has not evaporated. Shares that were sold at 330p have been trading above 550p for the past three …

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Paint the town red with post office savings

If you love the boring predictability of debt investments, you must have been spoilt for choice by now. Every week, there’s been a new bond offer from a behemoth institution soliciting your money with tax-free interest as high as 8.8-9 per cent; that too for the next 10-20 years. More: …

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Feds Warn Georgia Over Food Stamp Drug Tests Bill – GPB

GPB Feds Warn Georgia Over Food Stamp Drug Tests BillGPBDuring its journey through the General Assembly, a bill that would require drug testing for some applicants for food stamps and welfare generated controversy and drew fierce opposition from Democrats. Ultimately, though, House Bill 772 was approved on …Fight over food …

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