Unions try to tighten grip on Royal MailThe Sunday TimesPOSTAL STAFF want to set up a “workers' trust” to hold their 10% stake in Royal Mail, in an attempt to gain more power over the business. The trust would control the stake the government has promised to set aside for …

Belleville News Democrat Food stamps chewed overby CongressCherry Hill Courier PostThe Republican-led House has severed food stamp policy from farm legislation, its longtime safe harbor. A group of GOP lawmakers is planning a separate food stamp bill that would cut the program by as much as 5 percent, or about …

Food stamp funding safe, but program needs reformLexington Herald LeaderFunding for beneficiaries on food stamps is automatically covered through the annual appropriations process. This means that House passage of a farm bill without a food stamps title does not eliminate spending on food stamps, as the editors would have … More: …

A VILLAGE sub-post office is relocating to the local petrol station. . More: continued here

South Cotswolds Gazette Stroud Labour Party shows concerns about Royal Mail privatisationSouth Cotswolds GazetteStroud Labour Party shows concerns about Royal Mail privatisation. THE people of Stroud district are being urged by Stroud Labour Party to write to their MP about Royal Mail privatisation. Labour warns that prices will go up …

Mark Milner Industrial Editor Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, today said he hoped the government's plan to recruit a strategic partner for Royal Mail would bring a "gale force of fresh air" to the state-owned company's management culture. With the government already prepared to take on responsibility for Royal Mail's …

Food stamps for pets?FOX19"If you got food stamps you can feed your dog some steak," another owner said. "What's the difference between protein in something we eat and something they eat?" The corporation is not federally funded and works solely from donations and grants.and more » More: continued here

Daily Mail Princess Royal channels Charlie Chaplin in look at Gatcombe Horse TrialsDaily MailWhen it comes to fashion, Princess Anne has always been very much her own woman. But it seems she may have drawn on a little Hollywood inspiration for her outfit at the Gatcombe Horse Trials over the …

A MAN who threatened staff with a weapon during an attempted robbery at an Aberdeen branch of the Post Office is being hunted by police. More: continued here

eBay's Version of the UntouchablesEcommerceBytes (blog)eBay WAS a place to sell merchandise – any kind, but when JD and Co came aboard they decided that the NEW EBAY wasnt about "box moving", it was about monetary transfer. People were "always going to want to sell things, the question became – …