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Lindsay Mackie: Government leaks about Royal Mail's financial problems seem intended to prepare us for a downgraded service More: continued here

Lindsay Mackie: Demerging the Post Office and Royal Mail, as Postcomm suggests, would sound the death knell for decent postal services More: continued here

Union leaders are considering plans to set up a workers' trust in Royal Mail, using the 10pc share stake being allocated to employees, as a way to increase their influence after privatisation.         More: continued here

Customers want 'simplicity, transparency and good value for money', says Post Office director of financial services Post Office has announced plans to re-enter the current account market with a new banking deal for consumers over the next few weeks. Details of the account are scant, but it is thought that …

PHLPost issues first triangle stampsPhilippine StarThe Philippine Postal Corp. has issued the Philippine Marine Biodiversity triangular stamps in line with the country's participation in the Thailand 2013 World Stamp Exhibition in Bangkok. MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLPost) has … More: continued here

The government's plans to sell a stake in the Royal Mail were in disarray last night after it emerged that the company's chief executive, Adam Crozier, is at loggerheads with TNT, the Dutch company that is the front-runner to take a 30% share in the state-owned business. Crozier accuses TNT's …

Big Hollywood '2 Guns' Box Office Tops The Chart As 'Smurfs 2' Posts A Disappointing TotalHuffington PostLOS ANGELES — "2 Guns" is No. 1 at the weekend box office. The Universal action film starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg pulled the trigger in the top spot with $27.4 million, according …

Debate erupts over GOP's decision to strip food stamp program from farm billLancaster NewspapersThat's what Republicans in the House of Representatives did last month when they passed a version of the long-delayed farm bill missing a key ingredient — food stamps. The farm bill has traditionally included two major pieces: …

Telegraph.co.uk Postal staff proposes Royal Mail trust for employee sharesFinancial TimesPostal staff have proposed setting up a trust which would control shares given to Royal Mail employees when the state-owned company is privatised. The government has said it intends to give as much as 10 per cent of all the …

Minneapolis Star Tribune Food stamps questions and answersBelleville News DemocratWASHINGTON — House of Representatives Republicans recently passed a version of the long-delayed farm bill that upset the apple cart because it was missing a key political ingredient — the food stamp program. A part of the bill since the 1970s …