Director dealings: Talktalk CEO makes share purchase

Talktalk revealed on Tuesday that chief executive Tristia Harrison had acquired 223,045 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed telecommunications firm. Harrison, who joined Talktalk back in 2010, purchased the shares at an average price of 89.0p, for a total value of £198.510.05. Last week, TalkTalk pulled guidance and set aside …

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How parcel deliveries became a first-class FARCE

Online shopping used to be so simple and convenient.  You could have anything you wished for delivered to your door at the touch of a button – often within 24 hours. Not in? No sweat. The driver would happily leave your parcel with a friendly neighbour for safekeeping. Soaring demand: …

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Australia Post can’t turn back. Here’s why

Hand-written letters and posted bills are disappearing, and they were vanishing well before the latest slump. Australia Post says between 2007 and 2019 the volume of personally addressed letters more than halved (over a period in which Australia’s population grew 20%). Over the past year, between May 2019 and May …

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