Breaking up the farm bill is hard to doWashington Post (blog)As you can see, the farm bill isn't purely a “farm” bill. About 80 percent of the bill actually goes toward food stamps for the poor and other nutritional programs — a long-standing arrangement that explains why the farm bill …

UK to list Royal Mail, woos workers with free sharesChicago TribuneAnalysts expect the initial public offering (IPO) to value Royal Mail, which traces its roots to a service founded by King Henry VIII in 1516, at 2-3 billion pounds ($3-$4.5 billion), so selling a majority stake could raise over 1 …

PORTLAND, Ore., July 10 (UPI) — An Oregon man says he decided to hang on to the $225 car his 1-year-old daughter bought on eBay while playing with his smartphone. More: continued here

Activist U.S. investor behind the dramatic overhaul of Canadian Pacific Railway looking for his next target More: continued here

GOOG, AMZN, EBAY Among Susquhanna's Most Favored Internet NamesBarron’s (blog)Following a raft of coverage notes yesterday from Citigroup's incoming analyst Mark May, Susquehanna Financial Group's Brian Nowak, formerly of Nomura Equity Research, this afternoon kicked off his coverage of ten Internet names, assigning “Positive” … More: continued here

Portland toddler buys sports car on eBaykgw.comNot a Portland toddler. She picked up a vintage sports car on eBay, much to her parents surprise. "Car shopping? Maybe 18 years from now but definitely not this early," said her dad Paul Stoute. Several weeks ago, Stoute got an email alerting him …

Sorella Stoute stands with the car she bought on eBay using her dad's smartphone7Online.comShe clicked through his eBay app and made a winning $225 bid on a 1962 Austin Healey. Paul Stoute and his wife, of Portland, Oregon, had an initial panic before deciding to keep the car and restore …

Royal Mail sale: staff in Manchester insist privatisation is wrong moveThe GuardianThey had mountains of letters to sift through, most of which had been dropped off by rival companies, such as TNT, the winners of outsourcing deals involving picking up mail from Barclays, Matalan and other big firms (the sort …

Ministers keep options open on Royal Mail sell-offFinancial TimesMinisters are keeping open the option of selling off the whole of Royal Mail in one go as they seek to build investor enthusiasm for Britain's most ambitious privatisation in two decades. Ministers pledged on Wednesday to enlist the public as well …

MINISTERS were accused of trying to “buy off” angry Royal Mail staff yesterday after unveiling privatisation plans that would see them handed thousands of pounds in free shares. More: continued here