TNT eyes Royal MailThe Journal of Commerce Online, NJThe UK government last week published proposals for the sale of an initial 30 percent of Royal Mail, provoking fierce protests from its own Parliamentary lawmakers and labor unions. "Equity could be swapped, businesses merged or a partner could take a … More: …
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Washington Post Post-9/11 Memos Show More Bush-Era Legal ErrorsWashington Post, United StatesThe opinions were initially drafted — and later repudiated at least in part — by the Justice Department's storied Office of Legal Counsel, which issues interpretations of laws and presidential authorities considered binding on the entire executive …WH releases Bush …
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Taxes, post office at issue in Winter Park's mayoral electionOrlando Sentinel, FLAs mayor, Strong brokered a deal to buy out the developers of The Carlisle for $3.7million, giving the city the option to convert the property to park land if it spends another $4million to move the post office. Two years …
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Read More »Royal Mail on the mat for private buyers – Financial Times
Royal Mail on the mat for private buyersFinancial Times, UKBy Jim Pickard The Royal Mail has been in the hands of the British state since Charles I set up Britain’s postal delivery service in 1635, but that is about to change. Maintaining the service and its 160000 workers in public ownership …
Read More »Mandelson is wrong – Royal Mail isn't a lame-duck industry – guardian.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Mandelson is wrong – Royal Mail isn't a lame-duck industryguardian.co.uk, UKPeter Mandelson correctly reminds us that this government was "elected on a manifesto commitment to preserve Royal Mail in public ownership" (The postal priority, 26 February). Indeed, since the 2005 general election the Labour party has firmed up its …Barack …
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