DEPOT UPDATE: No offers on eBay; local businessman interested in buildingPalladium-ItemA co-owner of the former Pennsylvania Railroad Depot in Richmond said an auction on eBay had received 1600 hits by Thursday afternoon. …Depot for sale on ebayPalladium-Itemall 4 news articles » More: continued here
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Read More »Royal Mail’s profit rises 4 pct in H1 (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Royal Mail Group’s operating profits rose 4 percent in the first half of this financial year, although declines in mail volume pushed revenues lower, the state-owned company said on Thursday. More: continued here
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Read More »NY1 For You: Post Office Rats Take Big Bites Out Of Manhattan Packages – NY1
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Read More »Royal Mail will only deliver with sell-off (Daily Telegraph)
A glance Royal Mail’s half-year results on Thursday and you would never have thought this was a company ravaged by strikes, rising competition and ever-falling revenues. More: continued here
Read More »Obese 40-stone Somerset man ‘too heavy to cremate’ – BBC News
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