The Guardian Labour conference votes to renationalise railways and Royal MailThe GuardianLabour opposes the coalition's plans for floating most of Royal Mail on the stock market, and Ian Murray, the shadow postal affairs minister, is attempting a last-minute bid to halt the privatisation with a vote in parliament. However, the …
Read More »Now Labour calls on Miliband to seize control of the railways and Royal Mail in another lurch back to 1970s-state …
In a further sign of the party lurching to the left, the Labour conference voted to demand the renationalisation of train firms and postal deliveries. More: continued here
Read More »Post office seeks rate hike for first-class mail – CBS News
abc11.com Post office seeks rate hike for first-class mailCBS News"Today's rate increase is a desperate cry for help from an insolvent Postal Service," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that oversees the Postal Service, said in a statement. "Revenue and volume …Post Office Wants …
Read More »Post Office Initiates Postage Rate Hike – JDJournal.com
Post Office Initiates Postage Rate HikeJDJournal.comThe United States Post Office has expectations to raise the price of postage by three cents. The overall cost will then be 49 cents to mail a simple letter. The new rate hikes according to CNN will definitely help add cash to the Post Office's …
Read More »Click & collect is eBay’s answer to Amazon Lockers — with a twist – VentureBeat
Click & collect is eBay's answer to Amazon Lockers — with a twistVentureBeatThe blurry divide between online and offline commerce is giving birth to some very interesting delivery experiments. EBay today announced a new “click and collect” service that will let its customers pick up purchased products from retailers rather …
Read More »EBay's one-hour delivery service is coming to London
EBay today announced plans to bring its eBay Now same-day delivery service to London, with a pilot program scheduled to begin in 2014. The company revealed the plans in a press release published Tuesday, alongside a new partnership with Argos, a UK-based retailer. More: continued here
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U.S. Postal Service wants to increase price by three cents More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Wants Price Hike
It looks like it will soon cost you even more to mail a letter. The U.S. Postal Service wants to… More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Said to Be Valued at as Much as $6.9 Billion in IPO – Bloomberg
Bloomberg Royal Mail Said to Be Valued at as Much as $6.9 Billion in IPOBloombergRoyal Mail Group Ltd., the 360-year-old U.K. postal service, may be valued at as much as 4.3 billion pounds ($6.9 billion) when it goes public, said people briefed on the estimates. The British firm's equity value, …
Read More »Post Office wants to raise first-class postage rates to 49 cents
Story by ANDREW MIGA / AP Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News WASHINGTON — It soon could cost 49 cents to mail a letter. The postal Board of Governors said Wednesday it wants to raise the price of a first-class stamp by 3 cents, citing the agency's "precarious …
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