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Read More »Cutting food stamps doesn’t starve children – West Virginia MetroNews
Cutting food stamps doesn't starve childrenWest Virginia MetroNewsLast week, House Republicans pushed through legislation to reduce spending on the federal food stamp program known as SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The caterwauling from some objecting to the cut conjured up images of the … More: continued here
Read More »UK kicks off £3bn Royal Mail privatisation – Financial Times
UK kicks off £3bn Royal Mail privatisationFinancial TimesThe UK government set the price range for the flotation of Royal Mail on Friday, aiming to push the offer through by mid-October before strikes threatened by postal workers can begin. The government said it would sell shares in Royal Mail at between …
Read More »Royal Mail given £3.3bn price tag – Evening Standard
Evening Standard Royal Mail given £3.3bn price tagEvening StandardA union communication being sent to CWU members today said: "Those who want to sell off the Royal Mail Group are motivated purely by short-term gain and vested interests. "We cannot give the company a free hand to determine your future and …
Read More »Royal Mail privatisation subscribed in hours – sources
By Kylie MacLellan and Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's Royal Mail privatisation garnered orders for all of the shares on offer in the space of a few hours on Friday, sources said, marking a strong start for a selloff that stands to flush up to 2 billion pounds into …
Read More »EBay to Power Data Center in Utah With Ormat Power Plant
EBay Inc. (EBAY) , operator of the world’s biggest online marketplace, will work with Ormat Technologies Inc. (ORA) to develop a 5-megawatt waste-heat recovery plant to help provide electricity to its data center in Salt Lake City. More: continued here
Read More »Neither Rain Nor Sleet But Dog Bites: Post Office Workers’ Injury Claims – Insurance Journal
Neither Rain Nor Sleet But Dog Bites: Post Office Workers' Injury ClaimsInsurance JournalThe cost of workers' compensation for the United States Postal Service (USPS) for fiscal year 2012 was $3.7 billion, a 68 percent increase from the $2.2 billion reported in fiscal year 2009. There were 32,213 reported injuries in …
Read More »Hargreaves Lansdown braces itself for Royal Mail demand – FT Adviser
FT Adviser Hargreaves Lansdown braces itself for Royal Mail demandFT AdviserHargreaves Lansdown is advising interested investors to take advantage of the narrow window for buying shares in Royal Mail. Royal Mail IPO share offer opens later today (27 September) with the price range set at £2.60p to £3.30p per share, …
Read More »Banks get slim fees for privatisation of UK’s Royal Mail – Reuters
Banks get slim fees for privatisation of UK's Royal MailReutersLONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The investment banks working on the privatisation of Britain's Royal Mail postal service stand to share a maximum fee pot of just under 24 million pounds ($38.4 million), around a third below the typical amount for …
Read More »Royal Mail Valued at $5.3 Billion – Wall Street Journal
Royal Mail Valued at $5.3 BillionWall Street JournalLONDON—The U.K. government said Friday it would sell a majority stake in Royal Mail Group Ltd. in an initial public offering that values the state-owned postal service at as much as £3.3 billion ($5.29 billion), marking the biggest privatization in … More: continued …
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