Cable hits back over share price for Royal MailFinancial TimesVince Cable has hit back at Labour claims that Royal Mail is being sold too cheaply, warning that “irresponsible” allegations the shares are undervalued could damage investors. The business secretary wrote to Chuka Umunna, his Labour opposite number, … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail IPO: Retail investor demand highest since lastminute floatTelegraph.co.ukGert Zonneveld, co-head of research at Panmure Gordon who last week argued that Royal Mail was being undervalued by £1bn, said: “Investors are expecting Royal Mail to go into the FTSE100 and so many are trying to get the weighting …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail shares: How to buy at the last minuteTelegraph.co.ukAlthough it is difficult to gauge how popular the share sale has been before the offer closes, the indications are Royal Mail shares have been in high demand. A number of investment analyst believe the price of the shares, at …

Raw Story Pediatricians: Scientific evidence shows GOP's cuts to food stamps will hurt …Raw StoryPediatricians from Boston Medical Center are warning that cuts to the nation's food stamp program would endanger childrens' long-term health. “SNAP acts as a vaccine against food insecurity and hunger,” lead author Deborah Frank, MD, Director …

The Guardian Royal Mail IPO: ministers to increase amount of public sharesThe GuardianThe government will bow to a mounting outcry and ensure the public do not lose out to banks, hedge funds and other financial speculators in the £3bn selloff of Royal Mail shares. The Guardian understands that ministers are …

Calls Trade in EBAYThe Options InsiderShares of eBay Inc. (EBAY) are down .28 to 55.31. EBAY is in the middle of the 52-week range today. Today paper sold 5640 EBAY Dec 62.5 calls at .62. The ADV is 15,000 contracts. The OI is 81 contracts. The volume went up in …

Jersey Evening Post 'Elderly to suffer' if post offices shutExpress.co.ukSpokesman Andy Burrows said: “Large branches moving to out-of-town locations would mean considerable disruption and more journeys for people who would normally go to the post office in their lunch hour. Elderly and disabled people would face a …Out-of-town post offices slammedexpressandstar.comall …

Washington Post Trumped at the Old Post Office: Longtime retail tenants sad they have to leaveWashington PostWhat would Friedrich Drumpf have thought of Gi H. Chung and Sung Joo Yang? I think he would have seen them as kindred souls, not so unlike himself. Gi and Sung are immigrants. Drumpf …

Nearly 48 million Americans, or about 1 in 7 of us, collect SNAP assistance, an increase of about 1 million from June 2012 to June 2013. More: continued here

Royal Mail's privatisation has been long delayed but it is welcome nonethelessThe IndependentLife can be full of ironies. To make sure of meeting Tuesday night's deadline I wanted to post an application for shares late on Friday night. When I got to the local pillar box it was blocked up, …