Market-trouncing returns could be written in this 4-Star.         More: continued here

Union rejects Royal Mail pay offerFinancial TimesThe Communication Workers Union has rejected as “misleading and unacceptable” Royal Mail's offer of an 8.6 per cent rise in basic pay over three years as the company attempts to achieve industrial peace ahead of privatisation. The company's staff will … More: continued here

A new Post Office is open for business in downtown York. More: continued here

' eBay is totally addictive ' Sophie Ellis – Bextor expresses her . . . SHE …Express.co.ukThe mother-of-three is helping eBay celebrate turning 18 and has even shared her very own feed on her eBay page. She first joined the eBay community in 1998 when looking for a vintage Blythe …

Royal Mail staff reject wages offerHerald ScotlandAn offer by Royal Mail of a three-year pay deal to around 125,000 employees has been rejected as a "sweetener" ahead of plans to privatise the company, sparking warnings of industrial conflict. An offer by Royal Mail of a three-year pay deal to around … …

Royal Mail appoints Publicis Chemistry to handle marketingThe DrumRoyal Mail has appointed Publicis Chemistry to handle its marketing services for Royal Mail Letter, Parcelforce Worldwide and MarketReach. The agency's work will begin with advertising for the MarketReach service which launched in July 2012 to offer … More: continued here

Living like kings on food stampsBaltimore SunIn this economy, I know there are families who are hurting and need food stamps. The truth is so many people think this is a given that they will spend their money on the things in life that most middle class folks can afford …

SHE may be a musician and a style icon, but Sophie Ellis-Bextor isn’t fussed about shopping in designer stores.         More: continued here

Salon How epic GOP bumbling could inadvertently save food stampsSalonThis disdain is severe enough that 62 Republican members of Congress voted down last month's Farm Bill — with several specifically citing the proposed $20 billion cut to food stamps (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) as …Farm bill's death …

Montreal Gazette Farm bill's death shows just how partisan politics have becomeAmarillo.comFor decades, country and city interests had come together every few years to pass the farm bill, a measure that provided billions of subsidies to farmers and businesses in rural areas and food stamp money for urbanites. No more. …