Open this photo in gallery: Dancers Stephan Azulay, front left, and Tymin Keown, front right, rehearse for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods, which debuts April 25. Silhouetted against beams of fluorescent light shining from the ceiling of a vast studio, more than two dozen …
Read More »IDS shares rise as Czech billionaire posts interest in Royal Mail
Shares in IDS, the owner of Royal Mail, rise after reports that it has received – and rejected – a bid from Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský. ADVERTISEMENT UK postal and courier service, Royal Mail, has received a takeover bid from Daniel Křetínský, a Czech billionaire who has also invested in …
Read More »U.S. regulators accuse company of fraudulently selling coins from Royal Canadian Mint
Open this photo in gallery: The exterior of the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg on July 15, 2005.MARIANNE HELM/The Canadian Press U.S. regulators are suing a California company, its chief executive officer and two of its former employees, alleging they participated in a fraudulent scheme to convince customers to cash …
Read More »Royal Mail, CWU agree to extend negotiations over pay
More than 110,000 postal workers at Royal Mail held several nation-wide strikes in 2022, joining a chorus of sectors in Britain — from teachers to nurses and rail workers — demanding higher pay to cope with elevated inflation. “Talks continued this weekend. Progress has been made in some areas and …
Read More »Unilever names former Heinz executive Hein Schumacher as CEO
A sign at the Unilever headquarters, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Aug. 21, 2018.Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters Unilever on Monday appointed Hein Schumacher to replace Alan Jope as chief executive from July in a move that was welcomed by investors including board member and activist shareholder Nelson Peltz. Schumacher, 51, rejoined …
Read More »Exco Technologies hit by cybersecurity incident at three factories
Exco Technologies Ltd. says three of its factories have been hit by what it is calling a cybersecurity incident. The company says it has taken steps to secure its systems and mitigate the impact to the company’s data and operations and that it is in the process of bringing the …
Read More »UK’s Royal Mail and trade union extend talks aimed at averting strikes
The CWU, which represents more than 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail, has said workers will strike on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, the bargain shopping day known as Black Friday, as well as on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. The two sides began talks last week aimed at resolving …
Read More »FedEx is flashing a recession warning sign – but there are reasons to view it with skepticism
A FedEx worker makes a delivery on Sept. 16, in Miami Beach, Fla.Joe Raedle/Getty Images After FedEx Corp. FDX-N reported weak preliminary financial results and warned of a recession, the stock market shuddered, highlighting the importance many investors attribute to the global delivery giant. FedEx’s share price fell 21.4 per …
Read More »Royal Mail : Quality of Service Q3 2021-22
In the third quarter of the year leading up to 5 December 2021, Royal Mail delivered 93.8 per cent of Second Class mail within three working days. The Company delivered 76.8 per cent of First Class mail the next working day with 92.5 per cent delivered within two days. While …
Read More »Court approves $10-million settlement in lawsuit over Royal Winnipeg Ballet photographer
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is apologizing to students on the same day a court approved a $10-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over allegations a former teacher and photographer took intimate photos and released them without consent. The dance company has posted on its website a one-page apology, which was …
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