Second class citizens: Royal Mail axes 1600 workersMirror.co.ukThe postal giant's new chief Moya Greene defended the job losses as essential to “improving our efficiency”. But they come after Royal Mail announced that half-year profits more than doubled to £233million for the six months to October. The firm also … More: continued here
Waka, TX – Waka… a town near Perryton, of around 100 people may soon be without a piece of their town. More: continued here
Architectural historian Diane Kane, a member of the Save Our La Jolla Post Office Task Force, was invited to testify on the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) sale of historic post office buildings, March 11 in Oakland, Calif. More: continued here
Court records indicate Hattenbach and Hubbert started breaking into parcel and post office boxes at the end of December, but after Feb. 2, they allegedly started breaking into secured areas of post offices. More: continued here
Royal Mail poised to cut 1600 jobsexpressandstar.comThe company came under fire for revealing a new efficiency programme aimed at saving £50 million a year, saying it was needed to compete effectively with its rivals. Unite accused Royal Mail of "ruthlessly sacrificing jobs" and warned of industrial action. More: continued here
International Business Times UK Google, EBay and the Roots of CollusionBloomberg ViewThe article asserts that in 2005, Eric Schmidt, then Google's chief executive officer, received a call from an angry Meg Whitman, then the CEO at eBay, who complained that Google was driving up salaries across the industry. In response, Schmidt …More companies named in…
Viciousness of attack spurred patrols of post officesGreensboro News & RecordGREENSBORO — Police warned local U.S. Postal Service officials early Monday that Menice Montell Smith had attacked an employee in Greensboro and might be targeting other post office employees, including an employee who was picked up by police for …Update: Police notified U.S. Postal Service about…
eBay announced that it has issued the following letter to its shareholders. The company also said it has filed a definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to eBay’s … More: continued here
Rotorua’s iconic former Post Office building on Fenton Street, now part of the city’s i-SITE and Visitor Information Centre complex, has closed temporarily so the structure can be strengthened. The decision by Rotorua District Council (RDC) follows a recent professional engineering assessment which revealed that the building qualifies as ‘earthquake-prone’ under government regulations. However ……
BBC News Royal Mail: Osborne 'regrets' job lossesBBC NewsRoyal Mail is planning to cut 1,600 roles as part of a drive to cut costs, mainly among its head office managerial staff. The news comes on the same day that figures show a fall in petrol prices pushed the UK inflation rate to a new four-year…