The Guardian Royal Mail share buyers profit as price soarsThe GuardianThe 690,000 people who managed to buy £750 of Royal Mail shares have made an instant paper profit of almost £250 after the shares soared by 35% when they started trading on Friday. Royal Mail shares, which the government sold …

USPS May Destroy JustMove! StampsDiscovery NewsThe council, along with Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, wagged its finger at the United States Postal Service's new series of stamps aimed at promoting physical activity because some of the cartoon figures weren't decked out in enough safety gear …USPS Halts Michelle Obama-Inspired Stamps …

Now that the 500-year-old Royal Mail in the U.K. is a private company worth a cool $7 billion, Canada Post must be looking on with envy, Don Pittis writes. While it looks privatization looks like a win-win situation, there is a catch. More: continued here

New York Times Royal Mail Shares Surge in DebutNew York TimesLONDON – Shares of Royal Mail rose 38 percent on their first day of trading on the London Stock Exchange on Friday, adding to criticism from some policy makers that the government sold a majority of Britain's main postal service …

Questor share tip: What to do with your Royal Mail sharesTelegraph.co.ukLast time I covered Royal Mail, I said people should cancel their holidays to take advantage of the offer and as conditional trading in the shares starts investors can see why. The shares that were issued by the government at …

Let’s play a little game. Look at the 15 stamps above, which were a part of the no-longer-upcoming Michelle Obama “Just Move” campaign for the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here

Shares in Royal Mail close at 455p on their first day of conditional trading – up 38% on their initial 330p offer price. More: continued here

Shutdown puts sale of Yankton post office on holdRapid City JournalYANKTON | Officials say the government shutdown has put the sale of the Yankton post office on hold. The Yankton Press and Dakotan reports (http://bit.ly/1hHVTyE) that the federal website where the property was listed is not online because of the …

ABC News (blog) White House Calls Postage Stamps Encouraging Fitness UnsafeABC News (blog)A collection of U.S. postage stamps encouraging kids to play sports and lead active lifestyles was recalled after White House officials deemed the activities involved, like skateboarding and cannonballing into a swimming pool, unsafe, according to a …White …

Americans Significantly Overestimate The Percent Of People On Food StampsBusiness InsiderWe asked over 500 respondents to write in an estimate of several different statistics, including the number of Americans participating in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. Around 14.3% of the nation is on … More: continued …