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Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail privatisation: Government confirms flotation within weeksTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail chief executive Moya Greene will meet 1,200 union representatives at a private meeting in Birmingham at 11am on Thursday in a last-ditch bid to win their support for the move and avert a crippling nationwide strike in the run-up to …

The Hindu Royal Mail: will privatisation hit stamp collecting?Telegraph.co.ukBrian Reeve, of Brian Reeve Stamp Auctions, in London, believes that the privatisation of the Royal Mail will have an impact on stamp collecting. He explains that “collectors like to collect things that are official” and the possibility of stamps…Britain's Royal Mail …

Britain's Royal Mail to be sold off to private investorsLos Angeles TimesLONDON – Britain's Royal Mail, whose origins date back to the reign of Henry VIII, is to be sold off to private investors, the government announced Thursday, setting up a bitter battle over the selling of a national icon. …

Food-Stamp Dilemma: Eating on $3.37 a DayNational Journal (blog)If there's enough left of the $440 the family receives each month from the food-stamp program, her daughters have fruit or vegetables in their lunches. If not, well then, “you have to get creative with a hot plate,” she says. Her family …

Washington Post Donald and daughter Ivanka Trump will consider acquiring FBI headquartersWashington PostNow that the Old Post Office deal with the General Services Administration is done, Trump said he is considering whether to pursue an even larger project across the street: redevelopment of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, a block …

Britain launched plans on Thursday to sell more than half the state-run postal service Royal Mail in the coming weeks, in the nation's biggest privatisation in decades. More: continued here

The political stakes are probably high enough for the Government to price the shares cheaply and the dividends generously to ensure heavy investor demand. More: continued here

BBC News Can there be a float and strike at Royal Mail?BBC NewsThe government's announcement of its intention to float Royal Mail on the stock exchange is not irreversible. But it would take something of a market meltdown for the famous letters and parcels business not to become a company …

Fred Smith, chairman and CEO, FedEx Corp., will receive the top award from the United States Council for International Business , a pro-trade group representing America's leading global companies. Smith … More: continued here

Post office: Fate of Dysart Road location not sealedYourWestValley.comA U.S. Postal Service official said Wednesday that while a branch of the main Sun City post office may be shut down, no decision has been made, and their remains time for the public to comment about its fate. Following the Surprise …