Daily Beast Steve Hix / Corbis The Phony Food Stamp Scare Just as the political debate …Daily BeastThere are a few things you should know about the politics of food stamps—and that no House GOP member will tell you. First, the only time food-stamp usage fell in recent memory was …

Royal Mail to mark Andy Murray's Wimbledon win with commemorative stamp setThe DrumRoyal Mail has announced it is to commemorate Andy Murray's Wimbledon victory with a series of special stamps, two of Murray with the trophy and another two featuring action shots of the final. On sale from 8 August, …

Washington Post Safeway, eBay, Scholastic, Intel, Jakks Pacific are big market movers ThursdayWashington PostThe New York bank's second-quarter earnings and revenue jumped, fueled by gains in investment banking and wealth management. Nasdaq. eBay Inc., down $3.86 at $53.52. The e-commerce company said a challenging market in Europe and Korea will …and …

EBay falters in wake of disappointing outlookMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Online retailer eBay Inc.'s stock fell as much as 7% Thursday following a weaker-than-expected third-quarter forecast that raised concerns about the company's growth prospects for the rest of the year.and more » More: continued here

Mirror.co.uk Andy Murray stamps: Royal Mail issues set of four to celebrate Wimbledon winMirror.co.ukAndy Murray has really left his stamp on Wimbledon – with a little help from the Royal Mail. The first Brit to win the men's tennis single's final in 77 years is having his achievement marked with …

Number of Americans depending on Food Stamps continues to growWEARThey are part of a growing number of Americans who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, also known as food stamps – currently 47 million. And SNAP is just one of 15 nutrition assistance. Including the National School Lunch … …

Telegraph.co.uk Thursday's movers: eBay slumps on tepid outlookMarketWatch (blog)Shares of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) fell 6.7%, the worst percentage drop since Aug. 18, 2011, when it slid more than 7%. Ebay posted second-quarter earnings, excluding some items, of $822 million, or 63 cents a share, which met analyst expectations.Earnings News: Morgan …

Hartlepool Mail Julian Brazier MP: Privatisation of Royal MailThis is KentI have just met with a senior official of Royal Mail to discuss many of the issues arising from the impending privatisation. Several items are non-negotiable – for example, the 100 per cent delivery network and six-day-a-week delivery would be …

Adweek eBay launches Enterprise Marketing suiteZDNet (blog)Summary: eBay is starting to corral some of its subsidiaries under a more uniform umbrella. Rachel King. By Rachel King for Between the Lines | July 18, 2013 — 16:13 GMT (09:13 PDT). Follow @rachelking. zdnet-ebay-enterprise-gsi-commerce-eems.Ebay Marketing Arm Unites Companies, RebrandsAdweekEBay Forms Agency OffensiveMediaPost …

DANA MILBANK The GOP misfires on food stampsBangor Daily NewsRep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, a committee chairman and the man who led House Republicans to their majority in 2010, was explaining why he and his colleagues decided to drop the food stamp program from the farm bill. “What we have carefully …