Amid growing concerns shares were sold too cheaply, Freedom of Information requests revealed that 21 banks pitching to work on the floatation had valued the Royal Mail from £4bn to £4.8bn – well above the eventual sale price of £3.3bilion. More: continued here
A Bradford post office owner is celebrating after seeing his business crowned Yorkshire’s ‘Post Office of the Year’ for the second time. More: continued here
CNET (blog) Digital magazine from eBay's Omidyar, NSA foe Greenwald due out next weekCNET (blog)… NSA foe Greenwald due out next week. Journalism effort backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and involving Glenn Greenwald — the man to whom Edward Snowden leaked many of his NSA documents — plans to launch its first pub early…
A man who works for a company that's entire purpose is to deliver things to people is accused of taking. Read more at KOB.com More: continued here
Victimizing food stamp recipientsSocialist Worker OnlineA NEW round of class warfare has emerged under the rhetoric of "food stamp fraud," as Congress and pundits in the media are labeling it. It is similar to the portrayal conveyed under the Reagan Administration in the 1980s of the "welfare queen"–the … More: continued here
Post offices of Lincoln CountyRuidoso NewsOver the past few years many small post offices serving rural areas, several in Lincoln County, were threatened with closure by the U.S. Postal Service as financial pressures overrode the traditional role of those centers of community. In 1991, the … More: continued here
Sunderland Echo Royal Mail staff reach deal to end Sunderland Post Office disruptionSunderland EchoCWU deputy general secretary Dave Ward said: “We are extremely pleased to secure this ground-breaking deal with Royal Mail, which postal workers have overwhelmingly voted to accept. “We have achieved extensive and unprecedented legally binding … More: continued here
Utahns won't see further cuts in food stampsSalt Lake TribuneThe farm bill passed by Congress earlier this week trims $8.5 billion over the next decade in food-stamp benefits, but the cuts likely will not impact low-income Utahns. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that administers food stamps… More: continued here
Royal Mail was valued £1.5billion more than it was eventually sold for …Daily MailInvestment banks valued the Royal Mail at up to £1.5 billion more than it was eventually sold for – costing the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds in lost revenue, it emerged last night. Amid growing concerns shares were sold too cheaply,…
Pharrell's Ebay Hat Collection: How To Know Which One's For YouMTV.comSome people are just not hat people. (Just ask Coolio.) Grammy-winning producer Pharrell is, to say the least, not one of them. His 20-gallon hat stole the show at the 56th annual Grammy Awards, sparking a mob of memes, its own Twitter account and this….