WH Holiday Cards Selling for $200 on eBayThe Weekly Standard (blog)The White House has not even officially introduced the 2013 White House Holiday Card yet and already Monday night copies were listed for sale on eBay for as much as $200. The card is quite elaborate based on the standards …

The Guardian Royal Mail workers win pay increase of 9% over three yearsThe GuardianRoyal Mail staff will get a pay increase of more than 9% over three years after the company and its union announced what they said was a groundbreaking legal agreement on industrial relations at the newly privatised …

WISH Food stamps distribution dates change in JanuaryFort Wayne Journal GazetteINDIANAPOLIS – Almost a million Hoosiers receiving food stamps will see the date they receive benefits shift in January under a new law. The amount of the benefits will not change. The monthly average for a household of two is …

Royal Mail agrees to 9 percent staff pay rise over three yearsReuters UKLONDON (Reuters) – Britain's newly privatised Royal Mail said on Monday it had agreed with union members to a 9.06 percent staff pay rise over the next three years. Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which …

Royal Mail agrees workers' pay rise with CWUHerald ScotlandROYAL Mail workers will receive a three-year pay rise worth around 9% and legally-binding employment protections under a "landmark" agreement. ROYAL Mail workers will receive a three-year pay rise worth around 9% and legally-binding employment … More: continued here

Almost a million Hoosiers receiving food stamps will see the date they receive benefits shift in January under a new law. The amount of the benefits will not change. The monthly average for a household of two is about $291. More: continued here

Councilors Argue Whether STEAP Grant Should go or Fields or Post OfficePatch.comThe South Windsor Town Council tabled a discussion on whether to apply for a Small Town Economic Assistance Program grant to renovate the old post office for use as an emergency operations center and business incubator space Monday night. …

Washington Post Robert E. Rubin, Roger C. Altman and Melissa Kearney: Cutting food stamps…Capital Times2013-12-10T04:45:00Z Robert E. Rubin, Roger C. Altman and Melissa Kearney: Cutting food stamps hurts the economy as well as the poorROBERT E. RUBIN, former Treasury secretary, ROGER C. ALTMAN, former deputy Treasury secretary, and MELISSA …PostScript: Rubin, …

CapitalGazette.com Kennedy's Twitter town hall: From foreign policy to food stampsAttleboro Sun ChronicleThe United States cannot become isolationist, Congress must fight to renew food stamp funding and interest rates for student loans should be kept low. Those were the answers U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III gave to questions from constituents …

Good Food Royal Mail HotelGood FoodThere were shades of Monty Python's Black Knight in June when chef Dan Hunter announced his departure from the Royal Mail and management went into a lather of damage control. ''Not really a big deal'' was one of the most memorable quotes from … More: continued …