Express.co.uk Man says lie in saved his life after 7.5 tonne Royal Mail lorry crashes into …Express.co.ukLen Wiles decided to sleep in after a restless night and was not downstairs at the usual time when a Royal Mail truck smashed through his wall. The 7.5 tonne truck had careered off …
Read More »EBay Inc: Carl Icahn Now Calling For Just Partial PayPal IPO – TheStreet.com
EBay Inc: Carl Icahn Now Calling For Just Partial PayPal IPOTheStreet.comAs the back-and-forth between Carl Icahn and eBay Inc (EBAY) director Marc Andreessen continues, today Icahn is focusing on the other part of his argument. However, he's changed his argument a bit and now wants eBay to spin off just …
Read More »MP’s praise for community at reopening of south Norfolk Post Office
Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman praised a village’s sense of community, spirit of rural enterprise and never say never attitude as he launched a new community-run Post Office. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx CEO chides sloppy e-retailers
FedEx Corp. Chief Executive Fred Smith took a tough line with e-commerce companies, saying they need to shape up sloppy shipping practices or risk losing customers. FedEx said severe weather shaved $125 million off of its fiscal third-quarter profit, pushing earnings well below even scaled-back analyst estimates. But snow and …
Read More »Should eBay Listen To Carl Icahn? – Forbes
Forbes Should eBay Listen To Carl Icahn?ForbesActive investor and billionaire Carl Icahn has a reputation for shaking up management of the companies where he owns a significant stake. He has been actively writing to eBay's management and board of directors about spinning off PayPal from eBay. As …The real problem …
Read More »Carmel post office could find new home – South Charlotte Weekly
Carmel post office could find new homeSouth Charlotte WeeklySouth Charlotte's Carmel Road post office could soon move to N.C. 51 – something that has a few customers of the location concerned but would help the U.S. Postal Service save some cash. The office, at 6300 Carmel Road, could move to …
Read More »Massachusetts Becomes 8th State To Offset Food Stamp Cuts – Huffington Post
Massachusetts Becomes 8th State To Offset Food Stamp CutsHuffington PostThe cuts target state practices that have allowed residents with as little as $1 per month in federal heating assistance to qualify automatically for higher food stamp benefits. The new farm bill law sets the minimum qualification in heating aid at …
Read More »Hill collector puts his stamp on ‘hobby of kings’ – Chestnut Hill Local (blog)
Hill collector puts his stamp on 'hobby of kings'Chestnut Hill Local (blog)Harvey Fleegler, a Lafayette Hill resident and former president of the Chestnut Hill-Germantown Stamp Club, has cultivated a love of stamp collecting since his early years. (Photo by Raymond W. Holman, Jr., raymondwholmanjrphoto.wordpress.com). More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Parcels Force Entry Through House Wall – Gizmodo UK
Gizmodo UK Royal Mail Parcels Force Entry Through House WallGizmodo UKA house on Brockhurst Road in Gosport has got itself a lovely new lorry-sized letterbox in one of its walls, after a Royal Mail lorry smashed into the side of it. The driver was fine and two residents were rescued …
Read More »Royal Mail rises as HSBC puts £7bn valuation on the business – The Guardian
Royal Mail rises as HSBC puts £7bn valuation on the businessThe GuardianThe Royal Mail Group has come a long way in terms of its modernisation programme. Most of the big step changes have been made but ongoing investment in improving IT and potential investment in new parcels sorting equipment as …
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