Royal Mail Was 'Botched Privatisation' Leaving Taxpayers 'Short-Changed' Says …Huffington Post UKThe government of a "botched privatisation" over its controversial sell off of Royal Mail, saying taxpayers have lost out hundreds of millions of pounds. Three months after the flotation, the opposition said the postal group's share price was more …
Read More »Residents protest plan to move post office from historic site – Houston Chronicle (blog)
Residents protest plan to move post office from historic siteHouston Chronicle (blog)That post office, at 4110 Almeda, sits at the historic site of Houston's first sit-in demonstration. In 1960, Texas Southern University students marched from their campus to that location to challenge segregated lunch counters at Weingarten Supermarket …and more » …
Read More »Doctors lobby against cuts in food stamps – Times Daily
Doctors lobby against cuts in food stampsTimes DailyWASHINGTON — Doctors are warning that if Congress cuts food stamps, the federal government could be socked with bigger health bills. Maybe not immediately, they say, but over time if the poor wind up in doctors' offices or hospitals as a result. Among …
Read More »Royal Mail puts Gloucester back on mail after complaints – Gloucester Citizen
Royal Mail puts Gloucester back on mail after complaintsGloucester CitizenROYAL Mail will put Gloucester back on millions of envelopes and parcels after complaints from a customer and the city's council leader. Roger Smith was incensed when he realised mail posted in Gloucester was being franked without the city's name on …
Read More »Royal Mail Shares: Labour's Chuka Umunna Attacks Vince Cable's 'Botched' Privatisation
Labour has attacked the government over what it claims was a "botched" Royal Mail sell off that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions in potential revenue, as the communications firm's share price sits over 70% higher than at its flotation. Business Secretary Vince Cable had played down the initial leap in …
Read More »Cutting food stamps could backfire, docs warn
WASHINGTON — Doctors are warning that if Congress cuts food stamps, the federal government could be socked with bigger health bills. Maybe not immediately, they say, but over time if the poor wind up in doctors’ offices or hospitals as a result. More: continued here
Read More »Kapow! Leicestershire police sell criminal’s comic books on eBay – Leicester Mercury
Leicester Mercury Kapow! Leicestershire police sell criminal's comic books on eBayLeicester MercuryA collection of about 1,200 comic books were seized under the Proceeds of Crime act and officers, who say they are in mint condition, are now selling them through the force's eBay account. Almost 400 have been sold so …
Read More »Doctors say food-stamp cutbacks could backfire
WASHINGTON — Doctors are warning that if Congress cuts food stamps, the federal government could be socked with bigger health bills. Maybe not immediately, they say, but over time if the poor wind up in doctors' offices or hospitals as a result. More: continued here
Read More »Letter: Post office shouldn’t deliver catalogs, ads – Knoxville News Sentinel
Letter: Post office shouldn't deliver catalogs, adsKnoxville News SentinelLetter: Post office shouldn't deliver catalogs, ads. Jon Martin, Loudon; Knoxville News Sentinel; Posted January 9, 2014 at 6:53 p.m.. Discuss; Print; A; A; A. Share this on Facebook · Tweet this · Email this to a friend. It is my experience …
Read More »Proof Royal Mail shares DID go cheap
With the shares now worth 70 per cent more than the Government’s sale price – Vince Cable's words came back to haunt him after MPs said taxpayers had been short-changed. More: continued here
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