MEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx Corp. said yesterday that it has laid off 1,000 employees to meet job cuts that the company announced were coming after third-quarter earnings dropped 75 percent. More: continued here
FRANKFURT, April 4 — Deutsche Post, Europe’s biggest mail company, is bidding for a stake in the British Royal Mail along with Dutch TNT and private equity firm CVC, a German weekly reported. A team of 12 Deutsche Post managers, headed by finance chief John Allan, had met with the advisory board of Royal Mail,…
Hell Mail All Change For Royal MailHell Mail, UKDespite claims by some newspapers that the privatisation of Royal Mail is on the rocks, stalled, in tatters and just about every other cliche, selling a sizeable chunk of the UK postal service remains very much on the agenda for the government. …Petition to stop privatisation of Royal…
FedEx Corp. laid off 1,000 employees Friday to meet job cuts the package delivery company announced were coming after third-quarter earnings dropped 75 percent. More: continued here
But a survey finds customers oppose its closing. It appears that the U.S. Postal Service will close the Whittier Station post office despite a postal survey that indicates that the vast majority of survey respondents oppose its closing. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk A man with the stamp of authorityTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomBy Mark Kleinman It is 12.30 on Wednesday afternoon and the venue at which I have arranged to meet Donald Brydon, the new chairman of Royal Mail, is a smart Italian restaurant near Victoria station, well away from the G20 protests taking place in the … More:…
John Donahoe, chief executive of eBay, says he has learned that you cannot change people, but that you can show them what needs to be done. More: continued here
Pot went to post officeNews Dispatch, INLa PORTE – A package containing 11 pounds of marijuana passed through the US Post Office in La Porte, and two La Porte men are awaiting trial. Marcos Gonzalez, 29, and Luis Amaya, 22, made their initial appearances Friday in La Porte Circuit Court on … More: continued here
Deutsche Post wants stake in Royal MailReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Post, Europe's biggest mail company, is bidding for a stake in the Royal Mail along with Dutch TNT and private equity firm CVC, a German weekly reported. A team of twelve Deutsche Post managers, headed by finance chief … More: continued here
Prescott the peacemaker in Royal Mail rowMirror.co.uk, UKBy Jason Beattie 4/04/2009 John Prescott has held secret talks to resolve the growing row over a Royal Mail sell-off. The ex-deputy PM has been drafted in after Gordon Brown faced a backbench rebellion over plans to sell a 30 per cent stake to a … More: continued here