WLFI.com Congress Seeks Postal Overhaul While Making It ImpossibleBusinessWeekFacing annual losses of $18.2 billion by 2015 and a possible default this year, the Postal Service has a five-year plan for profitability. It wants to end Saturday mail delivery, close hundreds of letter-sorting facilities and thousands of post offices…Rural Wyoming post …

Kansas City Star Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsKansas City StarThe federal government is spending $4 million to make such markets more accessible to food stamp recipients. RALEIGH, NC — The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers. Currently, fewer than …

Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsBlueRidgeNow.comCurrently, fewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of agriculture, said she hopes these grants will bring … More: continued here

USDA is spending millions to give farmers markets technology to accept food stamps, serve more More: continued here

News roundup–Clinton Cards, Feelunique, moreCatalogue e-businessDLA Piper has taken the lead case to recover VAT from HM Revenue & Customs in relation to Royal Mail postal services for businesses. In the past, Royal Mail's postal services were exempt from VAT, but a case brought forward by TNT determined that the …

The Drum eBay fashion app to feature image Swatch technologyThe DrumeBay is to update its iPhone fashion app later this month with a new image Swatch tool to allow shoppers to find fashion items on the auction site that match the colour and pattern of images in photographs. It is …

A loosening of some rules on food-stamp eligibility and an expected tightening of rules for receiving unemployment insurance may make more people out of work rely on food stamps, an economist writes. More: continued here

Daily Mail Danielle Lineker tries to steal the limelight from the Duchess with her daring …Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter Stepping out at the Thirty Club's monthly dinner last night, the Duchess of Cambridge was wearing one of her most daring looks yet. But however much leg the young royal …

We admit postal bias – 5/9/12Mountain Valley NewsTwo weeks ago, when the U. Senate passed legislation that could save some rural post offices for another year, we decided not to comment. We made our decision based on the fact that we definitely have a dog in this race, and we …

Peterborough Evening Telegraph Royal Mail announce delivery office changePeterborough Evening TelegraphROYAL Mail bosses have announced that Ramsey Delivery Office will be relocating to Huntingdon later this month. The announcement was made yesterday that the office in Whytefield Road, Ramsey, will close and staff move to the Huntingdon Delivery Office, … …