The online auction company eBay Inc has settled a lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department by agreeing to refrain from making deals with other technology companies to not poach employees, according to court papers filed on Thursday. In the lawsuit, filed in 2012, eBay and Intuit Inc were accused of …

Using data from 2012, Arizona's Auditor General's Office found DES generally had effective procedures in place and performed data matches and analysis to ensure it made proper benefit payments. But, it also found room for improvement. More: continued here

CNBC.com US settles with eBay over pact to not poach employeesReuters"EBay's agreement with Intuit served no purpose but to limit competition between the two firms for employees, distorting the labor market and causing employees to lose opportunities for better jobs and higher pay," said Bill Baer, assistant attorney …Ebay agrees …

EBay has agreed to stop making deals with other technology companies to not poach employees, court documents said. More: continued here

The Post Office has agreed to distribute its mortgages through L&G Mortgage Club – the first time the range will be available to brokers. More: continued here

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ThinkProgress Crop Insurance Had Higher Error Rate Than Food Stamps Last YearThinkProgressThe farm assistance error rate was up from 4.08 percent in 2012 and far above the 3.42 percent error rate in the food stamps program. A substantial portion of those errors comes from underpayments to deserving people. Separating that …

Earnings should grow rapidly at Royal Mail PLC (LON: RMG) over the next two years. More: continued here

Daily Mail Lazard, firm that advised Royal Mail sell-off, made £8m from sharesDaily MailLAM bought and sold them all within days and made an instant profit of £8million for its clients – making a mockery of Business Secretary Vince Cable's insistence that Royal Mail shares should only be sold to …

Illinois report examines sugary drinks ban for food stampsKSDKAbout 2 million Illinoisans use food stamps, nearly half of them children. Sugar-sweetened beverages account for more than half the added sugars in the American diet. But it's not known whether people on food stamps drink more than other Americans.and more » More: …