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Victoria Advocate Unused space, high rental rates plague Main Street post officeVictoria AdvocateThe U.S. Postal Service is considering closing the Victoria Main Post Office at Main and Church streets. Last month, postal officials sent out notification of their intent to conduct a discontinuance feasibility study of the Victoria Main Post …

The Royal Mail sell-off plan is daylight robbery of our postal serviceThe GuardianThis wretched government is now selling off Royal Mail, with the aid of a syndicate of banks headed by those well-known guarantors of the public interest, Goldman Sachs and UBS. The financiers will take home around £30m; over …

Business Secretary Vince Cable has confirmed the British government will sell Royal Mail through a flotation on the London Stock Exchange. More: continued here

LONDON (AP) — The Royal Mail can trace its history back 500 years to the time of Henry VIII and its bright red “pillarboxes” grace streets across the UK — from the Scilly Isles to Scotland. More: continued here

Royal Mail staff will get free shares under the Government’s plans for the privatisation of the service, despite strong opposition to the sell-off among the workforce. The Business Secretary Vince Cable … More: continued here

Vince Cable set to present details of £3bn Royal Mail sell-offFinancial TimesRoyal Mail is “ready” to be sold off, the business minister said on Wednesday morning, kicking off the largest privatisation for two decades. Michael Fallon said the state-owned delivery service needed access to private capital to invest as it …

The government on Wednesday announced plans to privatise more than half of Royal Mail following a major restructuring in recent years triggered by a surge in email use. More: continued here

Latest EBT scandal: Hoarding handouts… including $12088 in 1 food stamp…Boston HeraldNearly 1,800 welfare recipients are carrying taxpayer-funded food stamp balances on their EBT cards in excess of $1,500 — with one account topping $12,000 — the latest twist in a state welfare scandal that now has a former Massachusetts …

Privatisation: The latest twist in Royal Mail's historyITV NewsHenry VIII actor Ellis Pike poses with a blown-up version of the 1st class stamp. Photo: David Parry/PA Archive/Press Association Images. A plan to privatise the Royal Mail, which will see around 150,000 workers handed shares worth millions of pounds … More: …

Business Secretary Vince Cable has confirmed that the government will sell Royal Mail through a flotation on the London Stock Exchange. More: continued here