Ministers have been strongly criticised for including a valuable database containing millions of postcodes and postal addresses in the sale of the Royal Mail to boost the share price. More: continued here

Guardian Liberty Voice Food Stamps Loophole Creates Congressional ShowdownGuardian Liberty VoiceFood Stamps Earlier this year, Congress passed the Farm Bill, which included $8 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as the Food Stamps Program. But a growing number of states are taking advantage of …Food …

EBay CEO Huddles With Investors as Icahn Tussle EscalatesBloombergEBay Inc. (EBAY) Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe is stepping up his offense against activist Carl Icahn, a sign of the rising stakes in his effort to keep from splitting off the e-commerce company's PayPal business. Donahoe, who is combating Icahn … …

Stamps Honor Hero of World War IIFedSmith.comOn behalf of the Postal Service District Manager Larry Munoz and Buena Park Postmaster Margaret Staley presented Ehlers with a framed edition of the recently issued World War II Medal of Honor Forever stamps along with commemorative envelopes and … More: continued here

Cops use eBay to sell off the ill-gotten, luxury gains of hardened criminalsLiverpool EchoThey may be an elite police squad used to crack down on serious organised crime, but questions have been raised about Titan's ability to pack parcels. The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit has started to use …

Wall Street Journal Alibaba: A Mix of Amazon, eBay and PayPal With a Dash of GoogleWall Street JournalWhile it isn't an auction company, its middleman role is similar to the one played by eBay Inc. Taobao, Alibaba's biggest website, is like a gigantic Chinese bazaar with about 760 million product …

Dodging a food stamp cutThe Register-GuardPresident Obama signed a farm bill last month that cuts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as food stamps— by $8.6 billion over the next decade, reducing benefits for 790,000 Oregonians. But some governors have spotted a …Food stamps: Oregon official insists decision is …

Food stamps, and the art of getting more from DC: MoranNJ.comIf you know you're taking part in a scam but it's for a good cause, should you put aside your qualms and pull the trigger? That's the question New Jersey faces in its food stamp program. For years, New Jersey …

Belfast Telegraph 'Famous' car that was flooded on the Somerset Levels up for sale on eBayMetroA car that was submerged on the Somerset Levels for nearly two months has been listed for sale on eBay. An enduring image of the winter flooding in the region, the silver Seat Toledo had …

Fiscal third-quarter results from ostensible economic bellwether FedEx (NYSE: FDX ), consumer goods giant Nike (NYSE: NKE ) and leading technology company Oracle (NYSE: ORCL ) will be the highlights on … More: continued here