The Times (subscription) Hargreaves Lansdown reaps new customers from Royal Mail IPOFinancial TimesHargreaves Lansdown has said the value of the assets it holds for investors grew by £13bn last year, after the flotation of Royal Mail helped it to attract thousands of new clients. The UK's biggest online broker by …

Got mail? If not, clear snow or the Post Office won't deliverLaSalle News TribuneBlue collection boxes also need to be kept clear for our customers to deposit their mail and for the Postal Service to collect the mail for delivery. Residents and businesses with collection boxes near their property are …

Fort Dodge Messenger Legislation maintains subsidies, cuts food stamps by $800 millionFort Dodge MessengerWASHINGTON – Cuts to food stamps, continued subsidies to farmers and victories for animal rights advocates. The massive, five-year farm bill heading toward final passage this week has broad implications for just about every American, from the …

Fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown said the Royal Mail float helped it attract a record number of new investors as Britons scrambled to take part in the UK's biggest state sell-off for decades. More: continued here

Senate Passes Long-Stalled Farm Bill, With Clear Winners and LosersNew York TimesFew were as unhappy as Sheena Wright, the president of the United Way in New York, who expects to see a surge of hungry people seeking help because the bill cuts $8 billion in food stamps over a decade. …

Hargreaves Lansdown client numbers boosted by Royal Mail floatProactive Investors UKPrivate client stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL.) signed up 77,000 new accounts in the second half of last year, helped in no small part by the high profile stock market float of Royal Mail (LON:RMG). Hargreaves said it recruited more clients …

Cardiff and Newport have been named the most romantic places in Wales. Royal Mail has analysed its mail volumes and found people living in the cities sent the largest percentage increase in Valentine’s Day cards and letters, as well as other mail in Wales last year. More: continued here

KERO-TV 23 Congress Passes Farm Bill, Cuts Food Stamps By $8.7 BillionNews OneThe Senate voted 68-32 on Tuesday to slash food stamps for 850,000 households across the nation, resulting in an average $90 per month loss in benefits per family, reports MSNBC.com. The newly passed Farm Bill, which includes an …

UK's recently privatised delivery service said the pay and pensions deal won't change the financial outlook More: continued here

Post Office Banking Could Be the Start of Something BigHuffington PostIt seems like an idea whose time has come. With one in four American households partially or entirely excluded from the current banking system, and with the U.S. Post Office in search of additional revenue, why not use the postal …