Ofcom proposes “biggest-ever” shake-up of UK mail marketPost and ParcelThe UK's new postal regulator, Ofcom, is proposing to give Royal Mail the freedom to set its own postal rates for the majority of its products, including First Class letters and basic parcels. The proposals, within a new seven-year regulatory framework …
Read More »Royal Mail given power to raise first class stamp prices – Fresh Business Thinking
Royal Mail given power to raise first class stamp pricesFresh Business ThinkingRoyal Mail have been given the power to decide the changes to the pricing of all first class, and some second class stamps. Ofcom have given them the power, following taking over regulating stamp prices from Postcomm earlier this …
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US HOT STOCKS: Ebay, Boston Scientific, Philip Morris, Wynn ResortsWall Street JournalEBay's ($31.30, -$1.88, -5.67%) third-quarter earnings rose 13%, as the online retail giant's revenue momentum was tempered by high investor expectations and a conservative outlook for the current period. Boston Scientific's ($5.34, -$0.30, …Stocks in Focus (MSFT, T, ALTR, …
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TheStreet.com OP/ED: Postal Service In 'Desperate Trouble'Patch.comOur founders understood the critical role a post office would play as our nation developed. The Continental Congress hired Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general in 1775. When the Constitution was adopted in 1789, …On behalf of The Committee to Save Our Post …
Read More »Royal Mail Stamp Prices Set to Rise?
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM– – OFCOM, the newly appointed postal regulator, has today announced that the Royal Mail will be given much greater flexibility to set the price of first class stamps and some second … More: continued here
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The pressure is on to save three Niobrara County post offices. The final scheduled post office meeting was is in Van Tassel on Oct. 6 at the Van Tasse Town Hall at 6 p.m. More: continued here
Read More »Ofcom announces proposals for regulation of Royal Mail – The Drum
The Drum Ofcom announces proposals for regulation of Royal MailThe DrumThe proposals would see more freedom handled to Royal Mail in how its sets its prices and introduces safeguards to ensure the protection of consumers as well as competition, while also improving efficiency. The proposals aims to ensure that Royal …
Read More »Stamp prices may rise amid shake-up – Mirror.co.uk
Evening Standard Stamp prices may rise amid shake-upMirror.co.ukA radical shake-up of the postal market is set to herald an increase in the price of stamps in a bid to safeguard the six-day-a-week universal service, it has been announced. Ofcom, the industry's new regulator, unveiled a raft of proposals aimed at …
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Bloomberg It Won't Be an eBay Christmasmsnbc.comThere's still life at eBay, though it may be running a little low on holiday cheer. The online auction and financial transactions leader posted reasonable fiscal results last night. Revenue climbed 32% to $3.0 billion. …EBay Shares Decline After Forecasts Miss Some Estimates on …
Read More »AT&T Passes 100M Subs; eBay Shares Drop After Earnings – TheStreet.com
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