Post (subscription) Public Post Offices?Wall Street PitThe UK post office, the Royal Mail, is going public. The UK has a long history of this sort of privatization but most of the big ones came in the 1980′s and early 90′s. The threats to any post office are obvious and there are a lot of them;…
Sorry, Charlie: A 49-Cent Stamp Will Not Save Your Post OfficeMotley FoolThis week, the United States Postal Service unveiled its grand plan to raise revenues, close its budget deficit, and save the Post Office now and forever. It's going to … raise stamp prices by 3 cents. As grand plans go, this one is kind…
Indiana’s NewsCenter USPS proposes stamp hike, hires futurist to study stamps' fateCNBC.comThe financially strapped United States Postal Service proposed a 3-cent increase to 49 cents in first-class stamps, citing precarious financial woes, on Wednesday. To assess the future of stamps, the organization is also paying a futurist more than …Postal Service considers 3 cent hike…
San Francisco Chronicle eBay denies NSA data sharing claimsExpress.co.ukCalifornia-based eBay was not named in documents Snowden provided to several newspapers, but German privacy commissioner Peter Schaar said last month he was certain that information collected on eBay users ended up with the NSA. The president of …eBay Claims it Won't Share Customer Info With NSA, Acquires…
Strong investor interest in Royal Mail floatFinancial TimesBritain's Royal Mail has received enough orders for all the shares on offer in its stock market flotation within hours of order books opening, suggesting that interest from institutions will be enough to overcome the threat of strikes. The UK … More: continued here
KMBZ Hazmat situation at KCI post office leads to KCK post officeKCTV Kansas CityOfficials are looking into a reported hazardous materials situation at the KCI Airport post office, and the investigation has led to a second post office across the state line. Joe McBride with Kansas City International Airport said an aircraft …Powdery substance at…
Members of the public who want a stake in the postal service must buy shares worth at least £750, and have until October 8 to register their interest. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail privatisation oversubscribed within hoursTelegraph.co.ukThe Government announced plans to divest up to 70pc of Royal Mail within two weeks on Friday morning and demand from institutions and private investors was said to be extrememly high after the prospectus was published later in the day. Investors have … More: continued here
eBay Find of the Day: Corvette-powered '64 Citroën ID19 restomodAutoblog (blog)Take a look at the fastest Citroën ID19 (read: DS) you'll probably ever see: a 1964 model with a Chevrolet LS1 V8 swap that produces over 400 horsepower – a most unusual eBay find of the day. What's more is that this particular hot rod…
POST Office workers in Bolton will strike on Monday. More: continued here