The planned part privatisation of Royal Mail was plunged into further disarray tonight after it emerged that the frontrunner, the Dutch firm TNT, was refusing to match the government’s valuation of the business. Government officials from Lord Mandelson’s business department involved in the auction process are also understood to have …
Read More »City Council votes to extend Bondurant post office lease – DesMoinesRegister.com
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Read More »Post office has $1.9 billion loss in quarter (The Toledo Blade)
WASHINGTON The post office was $1.9 billion in the red for the second quarter of the fiscal year and continues to face the possibility of running out of money before years end. The agency cited the recession and movement of mail to electronic communications in announcing the loss on Wednesday. …
Read More »Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Wants to Be California's Next Governor – FOXNews
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Read More »eBay’s Vancouver Facility To Be Shut Down (redOrbit)
EBay, an online auction site, announced plans to close a customer service facility in Vancouver that employs 700 people.According to a statement by eBay, the closing of the Canadian facility is suppose to be completed by September 30 of this year, and is part of a plan to “consolidate its …
Read More »Arrest after post office robbery (BBC News)
Police arrest a man, 24, following a post office robbery in which the sub postmaster was injured. More: continued here
Read More »Post office has $1.9 billion loss in quarter (AP via Yahoo! News)
The post office was $1.9 billion in the red for the second quarter of the fiscal year and continues to face the possibility of running out of money before year’s end. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx to Use Federal Grant for Electric Lift Trucks (Fleet Financials)
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Read More »Post office has $1.9 billion loss in quarter (Boston Herald)
WASHINGTON – The post office was $1.9 billion in the red for the second quarter of the fiscal year and continues to face the possibility of running out of money before year’s… More: continued here
Read More »eBay to close Vancouver customer service facility (AP via Yahoo! News)
Online marketplace operator EBay Inc. said Tuesday it will close its Vancouver, Canada customer service facilities by Sept. 30, affecting 700 workers, in a move to consolidate its North American customer service plants. More: continued here
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