Gordon Brown to face new threat over Royal Mail privatisation plans (Daily Telegraph)
The next big threat to the Prime Minister if he survives the current leadership crisis will be the plan to partprivatise Royal Mail. More: continued here
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Old Post Office officially gets historic designation Thursday (The Gillette News-Record)
Gillette’s old post office at Third Street and Gillette Avenue will be officially designated as a historical landmark 3 p.m. Thursday. The building was nominated by the Campbell County Historical Society, a volunteer-based group that promotes the history of the county. More: continued here
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FedEx readies campaign against UPS over labor bill (AP via Yahoo! News)
FedEx Corp. is set to launch a multimillion dollar marketing campaign on Tuesday against chief rival UPS Inc., arguing the world’s largest shipping carrier is the driving force behind a bill that would make it easier for FedEx workers to unionize. More: continued here
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FedEx and UPS in spat over unionisation (Financial Times)
FedEx is taking aim at United Parcel Service for its role in pushing US legislation that would make it easier for express-delivery workers to organise, with a new multimedia campaign that links its arch rival to banks, automakers and other recent recipients of government largesse. More: continued here
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FedEx to begin campaign against UPS, legislative measure (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
The advertising and Web site campaign, BrownBailout.com, counters efforts by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. More: continued here
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Stamps Training Camp – Day 1 Recap (OurSports Central)
The Stamps added import receiver Derrick Smith and released import linebacker Kurt Campbell. Import linebacker Robert Killebrew was re-signed. More: continued here
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Brown to delay Royal Mail stake sale (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Gordon Brown is hoping to win much-needed friends by postponing plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, according to reports. More: continued here
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Talbots Goes From Grief to Relief – Motley Fool
Talbots Goes From Grief to ReliefMotley FooleBay's (Nasdaq: EBAY) acquisition of Skype sounded exciting, but later turned out to be fairly pointless, too. Way back in 2005, when J. Jill was still a stand-alone company, I considered it a rotten trick, not a treat. Talbots thought otherwise and … More: continued here
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FedEx To Mount Campaign Against Bill Viewed As Pro-Union (Nasdaq)
FedEx Corp. (FDX) is launching what it describes as multi-million-dollar campaign to derail proposed federal legislation that would make it easier for the company’s workers to unionize. More: continued here
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Beleaguered Brown faces new showdown over Royal Mail plans (Daily Mail)
Beleaguered Brown faces new showdown over Royal Mail plans More: continued here