Royal Mail broke through the £5-a-share barrier today to trade at 507p – that is a handsome 54 per cent above their 330p launch price a week on from the float. More: continued here

IBTimes.co.uk Royal Mail Shares: Vince Cable Defends Goldman Sachs and UBS-Backed …IBTimes.co.ukBusiness Secretary Vince Cable has written to MPs defending the price at which Royal Mail shares were sold off just as they touched the 500p mark – a whopping 51% rise on the offer price. Under the government's share …

Royal Mail privatisation: Vince Cable admits for first time he could have sold …Mirror.co.ukMinisters rejected selling Royal Mail at higher price – as the taxpayer with left with a £1billion loss, it emerged today. Business Secretary Vince Cable admitted for the first time he considered flogging the Government's stake for …

New fitness-themed postage stamps were put on hold due to government concerns over the safety of headstands and cannonballs.         More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Vince Cable says strike threat depressed Royal Mail float priceTelegraph.co.ukVince Cable has defended the pricing of the Royal Mail float, arguing that there was not enough demand from long-term investors to price it above the 330p issue price, in part because of the ongoing threat of industrial action. On …

FedEx Express, an operating company of FedEx Corp. , today introduced its new 767-300 cargo jet scheduled to begin service this fall. The aircraft is the first of several new 767-300 freighters being added to the FedEx fleet, and represents a major step in the company’s strategically important aircraft fleet …

Royal Mail Shares Hit 500p A Week After SaleSky NewsThe value of Royal Mail has soared by 50% a week after the Government sold shares in the company. Shares hit 500p on Friday, valuing the company at £5bn – up £1.7bn from the initial price offered last week. The new …

Shares in Royal Mail have risen 50% above the offer valuation a week ago to hit more than £5. More: continued here

Study: The rapid growth of food stamps hasn't really helped to reduce hungerHot AirNow that the shutdown is finally over, one of the first items on Congress's agenda is combining the Senate-passed farm bill with the House's semi-separated agriculture and food stamps bills into some sort of mutually acceptable version. …

Fifa.com Commemorative stamps unveiled for Brazil 2014Fifa.comThe philatelic programme is already up and running in the host country of the FIFA World Cup™, where Brazil's national post service, Correios, recently launched two special edition stamps to honour the hosting of the FIFA Confederations Cup which took …and more » More: continued here