CNSNews.com Soft Drinks No. 1 Purchase by Food Stamp Recipients; $357700000 From 1 Grocery ChainCNSNews.comThe dollar amount that food stamp recipients spent on soft drinks and other commodities comes from data a retailer provided to a data analysis company the federal government hired to find out what kind of foods …

Bloomberg EBay Wants to Make Mobile Wednesday a Thing. Good Luck With ThatBloombergNow EBay Inc., struggling to turn itself around and catch up with dominant Amazon.com Inc., has invented a new day: Mobile Wednesday. The idea is to persuade Americans en route to Thanksgiving dinner to buy lots of stuff …

Proactive Investors UK Another blow for struggling Royal MailProactive Investors UKLast Thursday Royal Mail said operating profit before transformation costs had fallen 5% to £320mln in the six months to June 25. Investors and traders weren't mollified by the improved cost savings target put out by chief executive Moya Green …

Digital Trends NES Classic Edition scalpers benefit from eBay policy that ensures profitDigital TrendsAre you having trouble tracking down an NES Classic Edition for the gamer on your holiday shopping list? You're not alone, and aftermarket prices are currently skyrocketing thanks in part to a new eBay policy that ensures …

Proactive Investors UK Royal Mail share price: Investec remains bullish on privatised groupiNVEZZAnalysts at Investec remain bullish on Royal Mail Group (LON:RMG) following the group's half-year results last week, arguing that there is light for the company once it completes its transformation. Jefferies, however, has struck a more cautious note …

Lochcarron-based scientist's images on Tristan stampsBBC NewsPhotographs taken by a Highlands-based marine biologist and diver appear in two new sets of stamps for the world's most remote inhabited island. Sue Scott, from Lochcarron, Wester Ross, has been surveying wildlife on Tristan da Cunha in the South … More: continued here

Chicago Tribune Extra-alarm fire at Old Post Office building closes Congress ParkwayChicago TribuneFire crews were responding to an extra-alarm fire at the Old Post Office building Tuesday morning, closing Congress Parkway, officials said. A 2-11 alarm was called for the fire at 404 W. Harrison St., according to fire officials. …

WGN-TV Fire at Chicago's Old Main Post Office; Ike closed in both directionsWGN-TVCHICAGO — An extra-alarm fire has been reported at Chicago's Old Main Post Office in the Loop. Fire crews were called to the scene of the post office, located at 433 W Harrison Street, around 10 a.m. Tuesday. …

NBC 10 Philadelphia Cabbie Arrested in Killing of 27-Year-Old Passenger, Found by Postal WorkerNBC 10 PhiladelphiaA taxi driver has been arrested in the killing of a passenger whose body was discovered by a postal worker in the parking lot of a post office in New Jersey Sunday, prosecutors say. The …

Royal Mail gaffe: Brits' life in Costa del Sol over after Facebook messageDaily StarKeith and Louise, who worked at a law firm in Spain, say they contacted bungling Royal Mail complaints department "more than a dozen times", and were told the passports were still at Heathrow, and then later were …