COMMENT: Investors have 10 days to sign up for Royal Mail shares, so what are …This is MoneyRoyal Mail will make its debut on the markets on October 11 following its controversial flotation by the Government, with shares expected to be priced at between 260p and 330p. Individuals interested in …
Read More »Post office staff begin strike over shakeup ‘hidden’ by Royal Mail sell-off – The Guardian
The Guardian Post office staff begin strike over shakeup 'hidden' by Royal Mail sell-offThe GuardianMary Rogers has worked at the Post Office all her life. When she started behind the counters in 1971, aged 16, Edward Heath was in Downing Street and you could buy a stamp, with freshly minted …
Read More »Price of 1st class stamps to go up to 49 cents in January – Chicago Tribune
Price of 1st class stamps to go up to 49 cents in JanuaryChicago TribuneOn the same day it hired a reseearcher to determine the future of postage stamps, the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service plans to raise the cost of mailing a letter in the United States by 3 cents, to …
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Lecompton residents are still seeking answers from the U.S. Postal Service about why the window service hours at their post office were cut, why mail routes were transferred to Perry and how taking those measures improve efficiency and save money for the postal service. More: continued here
Read More »Identity theft fears as a faulty laptop is resold on eBay – The Guardian
The Guardian Identity theft fears as a faulty laptop is resold on eBayThe GuardianA London film maker has found that a faulty Acer laptop he returned to Sainsbury's was sold via eBay to an American buyer – who contacted him to let him know he had access to his personal …
Read More »As Washington debates, some U.S. states proceed with food stamps cuts
As Congress and the White House debate proposed cuts in the federal food stamps program, Kansas and Oklahoma are going ahead with reductions that could leave thousands of people without subsidies for food … More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail shares to be sold before possible strikes – BBC News
BBC News Royal Mail shares to be sold before possible strikesBBC NewsRoyal Mail shares are to be sold by mid-October, before postal workers have a chance to strike over the move. The company is valued at £2.6bn to £3.3bn, the government said on Friday. The Department for Business said Royal …
Read More »Royal Mail to sell £3billion worth of shares before staff get chance to strike … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Royal Mail to sell £3billion worth of shares before staff get chance to strike …Daily MailRoyal Mail warned yesterday: 'Potential investors should assume that national strike action and other forms of industrial action will take place across the whole of the group's activities during the period immediately after, …
Read More »Ex-post office made into Plan B Burger Bar – Ct Post
Ex-post office made into Plan B Burger BarCt PostFAIRFIELD — Work is progressing on the downtown outlet of Plan B Burger Bar, a regional restaurant chain that plans to open its seventh location this fall in the former post office building at 1262 Post Road. Most of the original brick …
Read More »The House’s food stamps cuts aren’t just cruel. They’re dumb.
The House GOP wants to bring back More: continued here
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