The Guardian Royal Mail Hopefuls Said to Miss Out With IPO Pricing at TopBloombergRoyal Mail Group Ltd.'s initial public offering is significantly oversubscribed and many institutional investors that applied to take part will get no allotment, two people familiar with the sale process said. Share orders priced below the maximum …

Missouri seeks to tighten food stamp eligibilitySpringfield News-LeaderKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is proposing to tighten eligibility for food stamps for thousands of adults who aren't meeting work requirements. The change sought by the Department of Social Services would roll back an expansion of the food stamp … More: continued …

Comment: Buying Royal Mail shares sounds like a one-way bet. That's what investors in the Eighties thought after a string of successful privatisations. BP proved them wrong.         More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Post Office squares up to Help to Buy by cutting mortgage ratesTelegraph.co.ukPost Office's other deals include a three-year fix at 2.74pc (plus £1,495 fee) up to 80pc loan to value, and four year fixes at 3.39pc (80pc LTV) or 3.75pc (85pc LTV), both with a £995 fee. There is …

A Comparison of the House and Senate Farm BillsHeritage.orgCongress continues to treat agriculture as if it were 1933 instead of 2013. Agriculture is a cutting-edge sector of the economy that continues to innovate and produce more food with fewer resources. Yet, every five years when the farm bill is up …

UT The Daily Texan University plans to use post office space for other mailing purposesUT The Daily TexanThe impending closing of the on-campus branch of the U.S. Postal Service in February 2014 comes in part from the University's desire to use the space the office occupies for other mailing-related purposes. …

Indiana Public Media Why don't they know where food stamps $$$ go?The Courier-ExpressThat lobbying has resulted in taxpayers — us — subsidizing food purchases that doom many of the 47 million food stamp recipients to unhealthy lives, lingering illnesses and premature deaths, while taxpayers are forced to pick up the …

Bid for newly floated company more likely because shares could end up with "quick-buck merchants" rather than long-term investors. More: continued here

Labour’s business spokesman Chuka Umunna believes the company is being sold at a cheap price and that taxpayers are being ‘considerably short-changed’. More: continued here

eBay, My First Love and MeHuffington PostIt took 41 years and eBay to reunite me with my first love. I was 13 when I saw her and I was instantly smitten. She had graceful, subtle curves and a long slender neck and weighed just over seven pounds. This relationship was …