Reading Post Hundreds of staff to get sharesReading PostThe Government plans to dispose of a majority stake in Royal Mail through a flotation on the London Stock Exchange this financial year. Ten per cent of all the shares in the business will be handed to eligible employees. In the whole …
Read More »Looking Forward, Town Approves Post Office Redevelopment Plan – Patch.com
Looking Forward, Town Approves Post Office Redevelopment PlanPatch.comDeLuca said the township will post an RFP on the township's website and will then select a preferred developer. The Maplewood Village Alliance's Design Committee and the town's Planning Board will then be involved in the design process. "There are at … More: continued …
Read More »EBay expected to grow earnings, revenues – MarketWatch
EBay expected to grow earnings, revenuesMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — EBay Inc. is expected to post modest gains in earnings and revenues for the second quarter on Wednesday afternoon, as analysts expect the e-commerce firm to gear up for its historically strong second half of the year. More: continued here
Read More »Dogs Trust Bridgend step up training to support Royal Mail Dog Awareness Week – This is South Wales
Swell Pets Dogs Trust Bridgend step up training to support Royal Mail Dog Awareness WeekThis is South WalesBeverley Price, manager of Dogs Trust Bridgend, said: "Dogs Trust has long supported the need to keep postal and other community workers safe whilst they are performing their jobs and we are delighted …
Read More »Earnings Outlook: EBay expected to grow earnings, revenues
Gains at both Marketplace and PayPal units expected to drive June quarter results as eBay sets up for stronger second half of the year. More: continued here
Read More »Post office offers reward to catch cash box raiders
£5,000 bounty offered after series of robberies in Wolverhampton and Walsall More: continued here
Read More »Sorry Vince, a private Royal Mail won’t deliver same feelgood factor – Belfast Telegraph
Sorry Vince, a private Royal Mail won't deliver same feelgood factorBelfast TelegraphIt never is. The very idea of the Royal Mail conjures warm childhood images. A letter – that most romantic artefact – delivered by a whistling postie, keeping an eye out for pensioners on his rounds, pausing only to …
Read More »Sentencing Friday for threats to post office, letter carrier – Waterbury Republican American
Sentencing Friday for threats to post office, letter carrierWaterbury Republican AmericanPrejean, also known as Gary J. Gravelle, mailed a letter claiming he had planted a hidden bomb on a remote timer in the Thomaston Post Office. No explosives were found but the post office and the nearby Town Hall and …
Read More »Food stamps and congressional ‘cruelty’ – World Magazine
World Magazine Food stamps and congressional 'cruelty'World MagazineHe's referring to Congress' recently proposed cuts to food stamps, the food aid program serving 1 in 7 Americans now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Kaufmann lambasted Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman …Don't take Food Stamps off the table for struggling …
Read More »Lucas: Farm bill conference with Senate will await food stamp bill – The Hill (blog)
Lucas: Farm bill conference with Senate will await food stamp billThe Hill (blog)Senate Democrats are calling for an immediate conference with the bill the Senate has passed, which contains $4 billion in food stamp cuts–much less than the $20.5 billion in the original House farm bill that failed on the …
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