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Letter: Your View – Mail MiseryGlasgow Daily Record, UK –2 minutes agoWHO can blame Business Secretary Peter Mandelson for wanting to offload the lame duck outfit that the Royal Mail has become? Royal Mail is losing cash … More: continued here

UK plans Royal Mail stake sale, TNT interestedReuters –2 minutes agoBy David Milliken LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – British business minister Peter Mandelson said state-owned postal operator Royal Mail should be part-privatised … More: continued here

Royal Mail is set to scrap postal services to rural homes in East Cleveland over claims poorly kept private roads could cause damage to vehicles. Resident spokeswoman Josie Etches, of Hummersea, Loftus, spoke to gazettelive.

Record number of Oregonians get food stamps in NovemberThe Oregonian – OregonLive.com, OR –15 minutes agoby Michelle Cole, The Oregonian A deepening recession has resulted in a record half million Oregonians receiving food stamps last month. … More: continued here

A ministerial aide quit today in protest at Government plans to partly privatise the Royal Mail. Jim McGovern resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Business Minister Pat McFadden. More: continued here

BREA, Calif., Dec. 17 (UPI) — A Southern California man says he took on city hall and the federal government to exile Salvation Army bell ringers from his local post office. More: continued here

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Voice of America Millions of Americans Getting Food AidVoice of America –2 hours agoSo she applied for food stamps. "Sometimes the food is the last part and you have to stretch the little money you get for food," Ray said. … More: continued here

Alan Reid, Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll & Bute, today questioned Postal Services Minister, Pat McFadden, on the future funding of Royal Mail. Mr Reid was speaking in the House of Commons after the publication of the Hooper review of UK postal services. More: continued here

Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) — FedEx Corp. stunned investors a week ago by slashing its annual profit forecast, sending the stock down the most in 21 years. Job cuts may be next at the shipper, a proxy for the U.S. economy. More: continued here