Bloomberg Data Laws Deliver New Blow to Ailing Royal Mail Letters BusinessBloombergThe introduction of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation from May 25 means postal demand may suffer an accelerated decline, Royal Mail said Thursday. The slump will be at the top end of a 4-to-6 percent range already …
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National Review Paul Krugman's Fake Facts: Demonizing Republican Food-Stamp ProposalsNational ReviewWhen you look at the study Krugman links to, however — from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — you find that in a given month in mid 2012, only 52 percent of non-disabled adults on food stamps …
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Recode Amazon's 10-person board has only three women. That's on par with the company's peers.RecodeOn average, the boards of the companies Amazon considers its peers — Alphabet, Apple, AT&T, Best Buy, Cisco, eBay, Facebook, General Electric, Honeywell, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Starbucks, Target, Walmart and Walt Disney — include 28 …
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Plant City Observer City votes to purchase former post officePlant City ObserverCity commissioners voted to approve the purchase of the former U.S. Post Office properties on Monday night. The vote is one of the final steps in bringing the vacant structure under city control. City Manager Bill McDaniel will now …
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Investors Chronicle News & Tips: Royal Mail, bookies, Ocado & moreInvestors ChronicleShares in London have edged marginally higher, but momentum is lacking. Click here for The Trader Nicole Elliott's latest thoughts on the markets. To continue reading, register today. to enjoy limited access to the following: Daily trading news; Funds … …
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CNET eBay works to create an e-store just for youCNETI walked to a corner of eBay's office in Manhattan to find a sign that read "Store of Ben." Just behind that sign, the e-commerce company set up a small model store filled with a bunch of items it thought I'd …
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Daily Californian Federal judge rules in favor of city in postal office zoning lawsuitDaily CalifornianJudge William Alsup ruled Monday that the city of Berkeley did not unconstitutionally apply zoning laws to prevent the sale of a historic post office, as alleged by the United States Postal Service, or USPS. In …
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Inequality.org The Post Office as an Alternative to Shady BanksInequality.orgNew York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently announced a bill to reintroduce the practice, aiming to put the Post Offices scattered throughout the country for a broader use: providing banking to the unbanked. The bill would allow postal banks to make …and …
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