guardian.co.uk Dutch Frontrunner for Royal Mail Accused of Bullying WorkforceBuzzle, CATNT, the Dutch postal group that is frontrunner to take a stake in Royal Mail as part of the government's controversial part-privatization plan, is threatening to sack 10000 workers in the Netherlands if they do not accept a 5% pay cut. …
Read More »'Watchmen' box-office reporting: Not a pretty picture – Los Angeles Times
TVNZ 'Watchmen' box-office reporting: Not a pretty pictureLos Angeles Times, CAAnd what about Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke, who last week ran a post saying her box-office experts were predicting that the movie would do $70 million? Well, Nikki flunked the test — twice. First off, her post on the box-office results, …
Read More »Italian Post Office to Use Italtel's Integrated Network Services … – MSNBC
SYS-CON Media Italian Post Office to Use Italtel's Integrated Network Services …MSNBC… service throughout Italy, plans to gradually develop its communications network to support VoIP technology, in terms of infrastructure, services and terminals used in all its regional offices and in more than 14000 post offices throughout Italy. …Italtel wins …
Read More »Man fatally stabbed at post office (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
Police say a 73-year-old man was stabbed to death in a brazen daytime killing inside a post office in the quiet, small town of Clayton. More: continued here
Read More »Ask SFist: Food Stamps? (SFist)
An anonymous reader writes SFist with the following urgent request. Do you or one of your writers know how to apply to get for food stamps? Might make a good post. Funny enough, your editor was juuuust wondering the same thing the other day after purchasing a $4 bottle of …
Read More »Elderly Man Stabbed To Death At Post Office (CBS 13 Sacramento)
Police say a 73-year-old man was stabbed to death in a brazen daytime killing inside a post office in the quiet, small town of Clayton. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says 37-year-old Shannon Bradley Moore of Concord has been booked into the Contra Costa County Jail on one count of …
Read More »L’Oreal launches UK eBay action (Mad.co.uk)
L’Oreal has launched legal proceedings at the UK High Court against eBay in the latest stage of its battle against counterfeiters and copy-cat brands. More: continued here
Read More »Peter Mandelson: Back me on Royal Mail part-privatisation plan (Daily Mirror)
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson yesterday warned Labour’s Royal Mail rebels they should accept part-privatisation – because it could be fully sold off under the Tories. More: continued here
Read More »I'd bet a buck that stamp prices know no limit – Orlando Sentinel
I'd bet a buck that stamp prices know no limitOrlando Sentinel, FLNaturally, I would be expected to receive the postal announcement with a slight shudder, I having been weaned on 3-cent stamps and penny postcards. For the record, the outlay to mail a first-class letter bumps up to 44 cents on …
Read More »Morgan Lewis Partner Sues MercExchange for Piece of eBay Settlement – Am Law Litigation Daily
Morgan Lewis Partner Sues MercExchange for Piece of eBay SettlementAm Law Litigation Daily, NYThe small Virginia-based company's epic IP battle against eBay Inc. settled last February, following a $25 million judgment and a landmark Supreme Court ruling on injuctions in patent cases. In the settlement, MercExchange agreed to sell eBay its …
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