Britain Confirms Plans to Privatize Royal MailABC NewsThe U.K. coalition government has confirmed plans to privatize the country's 500-year-old Royal Mail this fall. Business Secretary Vince Cable said Thursday an initial public offering of a majority stake in the postal service was scheduled for the … More: continued here
Food-Stamp Dilemma: Eating on $3.37 a DayNational JournalIf 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 has moved from … More: continued…
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Telegraph.co.uk Government launches Royal Mail sell-offTelegraph.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 Christmas. More: continued here
Bloomberg Royal Mail Plans Initial Public Offering Within WeeksBloombergRoyal Mail Group Ltd., the U.K.'s 360-year-old postal service, intends to hold an initial public offering of a majority stake “in the coming weeks” to help the company gain a competitive edge against European rivals. The government announced plans for … More: continued here
Amazon's Same Store Sales Continue To Decline While eBay's Remains StrongForbesChannelAdvisor works with thousands of online retailers and hundreds of e-commerce channels to sell billions of dollars of Gross Merchandise Value (GMV). Due to its breadth of customers and channels its analysis of Same Store Sales (SSS) for Amazon … More: continued here
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LONDON – 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. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail to launch stock market flotation within hoursTelegraph.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 Christmas. More: continued here
The Guardian Government to float Royal Mail on stock exchange 'in the coming weeks'The GuardianVince Cable has fired the starting gun on the sale of Royal Mail by formally announcing the government's intention to float the company on the London Stock Exchange in "the coming weeks". "This is an important day for the Royal Mail,…