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USPS proposes three-cent hike on stampsFox BusinessCONNELL: WE TALKED OF OF THE TOP ABOUT THE POSTAL SERVICE CALLING FOR A $0.03 HIKE IN FIRST-CLASS STAMPS WHICH WILL ADD UP BUT WILL BE ENOUGH? POSTMASTER GENERAL GOES BEFORE CONGRESS LOOKING FOR … More: continued here

Postmarked 'moon': Space stamps star in Smithsonian postal galleryNBCNews.com (blog)The Smithsonian opened its new William H. Gross Stamp Gallery at the National Postal Museum on Sunday. Named for its primary benefactor, a philanthropist and philatelist, the Washington, D.C., gallery showcases U.S. and international postage stamps and …and more » More: continued here

Wall Street Journal China Goes PostalWall Street JournalNo more than a meter wide and just deep enough to hold two rows of manila envelopes, it contains more than $10 million worth of stamps, owned by clients of Stanley Gibbons Ltd., a British stamp dealer that is Mr. Kaster's employer. A …

USPS proposes raising stamp price by 3 cents in new yearNBCNews.comThe USPS last increased prices for a first-class stamp by a penny in January of this year. At the time, the USPS cited losses of about $25 million per day amid declining mail volume as more people use email and …

The American Prospect Five Reasons Food Stamps Work Just FineThe American ProspectLast week, House Republicans passed a bill that would cut the food stamp program by about $40 billion over the next ten years. They're drawing on headline numbers—the program serves about 47 million people each year and has the …

Federal food stamp debate worries California advocatesSan Jose Mercury NewsSAN JOSE — The explosive growth of Californians resorting to food stamps is a stark example of the Great Recession's lingering economic devastation. The program's size has nearly doubled over the past five years with almost 4.2 million low-income … More: continued …

New York Times (blog) William H. Gross Stamp Gallery at National Postal MuseumNew York Times (blog)WASHINGTON — It could easily be a glorious Pharaonic tomb, stocked with all the sustenance a philatelist might require for the afterlife. The William H. Gross Stamp Gallery, which opened on Sunday here at the …

By VERONICA LINARES, UPI.com USPS rolled out a new plan to increase the cost of stamps from 46 cents to 49 cents in 2014. More: continued here

A step-by-step guide to profiting off a 3-cent hike on US postage stampsQuartzYesterday, the US Postal Service (USPS) made a strange announcement: anybody who wants to turn a quick profit at its expense will have an opportunity to do so come January. What it actually said is that on January …

Here And Now Panera CEO Takes The Food Stamps ChallengeHere And NowPanera CEO Takes The Food Stamps Challenge. /. mute unmute. Panera founder and co-CEO Ron Shaich works the register at Panera Cares in Boston. (Kevin Sullivan/Here & Now). Ron Shaich, the CEO and founder of Panera Bread lived on …