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NEW YORK ( MainStreet ) — The price of a stamp will go up on Sunday again. Effective January 26, the United States Postal Service will raise the price of its first class stamps by three cents, from 46 to 49 cents apiece. More: continued here

Royal Mail boosted by rising parcel revenuesReuters UKParcel volumes did rise in December, Royal Mail said, without saying by how much, as shoppers bought more presents online, and the company delivered more than 10 million parcels on its busiest day. However, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Robin Byde said … More: continued here

WCPO More than 10K Ohioans lose food stamps over work rulesYoungstown VindicatorCOLUMBUS (AP) — Thousands of poor Ohio residents have lost food-stamp benefits for not fulfilling work requirements, and the number is expected to rise in the coming months. The Columbus Dispatch reports more than 10,000 people lost the benefits …

International Business Times UK Royal Mail Shares: 'Difficult to be too Optimistic' After Unspectacular …International Business Times UKRoyal Mail shares were little moved in early trading after the firm posted so-so results in a trading update for the nine months to the end of December despite the annual Christmas rush …

Royal Mail reported a two per cent rise in like-for-like revenue for the nine months ended December 29th, driven by the parcel delivery business. More: continued here

Food stamps are matter of justice, Sen. Casey says during tour of Duquesne …Tribune-ReviewU.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. said the food stamp issue isn't just one of public policy, but of basic justice. “(It's) the justice that comes when someone doesn't have to worry that they do not have enough …

Royal Mail: Trading meets view, parcel sales growMarketWatchLONDON–Royal Mail PLC (RMG.LN), the U.K. postal service privatized last year, Friday said its trading performance for the nine months ended Dec. 29 was in line with expectations as higher prices for posting parcels helped offset a decline in letters. More: continued here

Letter: Post office is not ADA accessibleNorwich BulletinThe fact that Norwich will still have a downtown post office is good news. What's troubling is that this building is entirely inaccessible to people with disabilities. Although the postal system, through alternative means, has tried to accommodate … More: continued here

From ColumbusAlive.comColumbus DispatchMore than 10,000 poor Ohioans have lost food stamp benefits this month for failing to meet newly enforced work requirements. That's 7 percent of the roughly 140,000 able-bodied adults ages 18 to 50 without dependent children who are now required to …and more » More: continued here

Royal Mail Like-for-Like Sales Climb as Parcel Deliveries JumpBusinessweekRoyal Mail Group Ltd., the U.K. postal service that sold shares in an initial public offering last year, said like-for-like sales gained 2 percent in the first nine months of the year boosted by parcel deliveries. U.K. package revenue increased by 8 …