The Guardian Royal Mail in spotlight again as MPs question bankers who handled sell-offThe GuardianThe Royal Mail privatisation will be the subject of fresh scrutiny by MPs next week when bankers from Goldman Sachs and UBS – which handled the sell-off of the 500-year-old institution – are summoned to give evidence to a high-profile parliamentary ……
Finland's postal service will honor "Tom of Finland" with stamps taken from his work – homoerotic drawings of muscular men wearing tight, black leather uniforms, when they wear anything at all. The stamps, which will be issued in September, are based on the drawings of Touko Laaksonen, better known by the pseudonym "Tom of Finland,"…
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Haaretz Finland to make postage stamp history by printing set with homoerotic imagesHaaretzThe three stamps, due to be issued September 8, display paintings of naked male buttocks, a mustachioed man in black leather boots, and the naked man on whose shoulders he is seated. The paintings are by the late Tom of Finland, the pseudonym…
Are Stores Making Bank Off Food Stamps?Mother JonesHow much of Walmart's revenue comes from its shoppers' food stamps? The store isn't required to say. But a January Court of Appeals ruling could change that. If the unanimous decision by the 8th Circuit's panel of three judges holds, the United States …and more » More: continued here
Former eBay Executive Charged with Insider TradingFederal Bureau of Investigation (press release)… with securities fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, Saridakis, a senior executive at GSI Commerce Inc. (GSIC), provided material, non-public information regarding eBay's pending acquisition of GSIC. More: continued here
eBay Earnings Preview: Marketplaces And PayPal To Drive GrowthTrefiseBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) will report its Q1 2014 earnings on 29th April. We expect the continued growth in the global e-commerce market, eBay's efforts to simplify its payment system, and the symbiotic relationship between eBay and PayPal to fuel the … More: continued here
Stamp collectors and history buffs can immortalize the canonization of Blessed John Paul II and Blessed John XXIII with limited-edition stamps and souvenir sheets to be issued by the Philippine Postal Corp. More: continued here
UK government, bankers back in spotlight over Royal Mail saleReuters UKLast October, the government sold 60 percent of Royal Mail at 330 pence per share, ending 500 years of state control and raising 2 billion pounds ($3.36 billion) for the public purse. However, the firm's share price has since risen by as much as 87…