Exclusive: Ministers Target Early Royal Mail SaleSky NewsI understand that Royal Mail executives have raised the idea of a 'pre-IPO [initial public offering]' share sale to an investor or group of investors during meetings with investment bankers in recent days. Such a move could generate an earlier-than …Royal Mail says …
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Huntley Post Office to Open Sundays for Holiday SeasonPatch.comThe post office has one tip: the simpler way to ship all year round is priority mail flat rate shipping. If it fits, it ships to any state for a low flat rate starting at $4.95 for a flat rate envelope and …
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Windsor and Maidenhead's council sells bunting, flags, banners and other items used during the Olympics on auction website eBay. More: continued here
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CNN's Carol Costello Asks If Food-Stamp Challenge Is A "Pointless Exercise"Media Matters for America (blog)In November, Booker announced that he would take the food-stamp challenge and live for one week on a food budget equal to that of a New Jersey resident on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly …
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TIME What's Behind Cory Booker's Food Stamp ChallengeTIMEIt is all but impossible for politicians to be successful if they cannot relate to their constituents and few do so better than Cory Booker. In his six years as mayor of Newark, N.J., Booker has earned a reputation for rare empathy as …
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Every morning before they get down to business reading letters to a certain Jolly Old Elf, the Dalton Avenue Post Office's Angels on Assignment stand in the middle of their office. They hold hands, bow their heads and say this prayer: More: continued here
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The Christmas stamp scheme allows those in receipt of Pension Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit or Unemployability Supplement to buy up to 36 first and second-class stamps at 2011 prices. More: continued here
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