Washington Post Obama Signs Farm Bill That Trims Food StampsABC NewsPresident Barack Obama on Friday signed into law an agriculture spending bill that will spread benefits to farmers in every region of the country, while trimming the food stamp program that inspired a two-year battle over the legislation. As he penned …Obama signing farm bill…
Friday newspaper round-up: Scotland, Royal Mail, TwitterYour MoneyA range of investment banks valued Royal Mail last spring at up to £1.5bn more than it was eventually sold for, according to data obtained under a freedom of information request. The figures have reignited accusations that Britain's postal operator was …LinkedIn Corp shares sump 15 per cent on…
TheBlaze.com Guess What's on Sale at Amazon and EbayTheBlaze.comSearches of Amazon and Ebay reveal that terrorism-related novelties are on sale on both sites, despite policies that would seem to ban such items. At Amazon, a browser could find the black Al Qaeda icon printed on flags and headbands. Also found at the … More: continued here
Royal Mail delivers revival for Hargreaves LansdownThe Times (subscription)Of those, about 27,000 joined purely to buy shares in Royal Mail's listing in October, although Hargreaves hopes that they will become active customers in other investment areas, including buying Isas. Peter Hargreaves, who co-founded the company in. More: continued here
Tax-payers £1 bn worse off: Royal Mail undersoldSNP (press release)Tax-payers are over £1 billion worse off as a result of the UK government's decision to sell-off Royal Mail below City banks' estimates, it has emerged. A range of investment banks valued Royal Mail last spring at up to £1.5bn more than it was … More:…
KRBD Douglas, Auke Bay post offices protected from closureJuneau Empire (subscription)The Douglas and Auke Bay post offices won't be closing their doors anytime soon, and any future efforts to shutter the pair now will have to clear a significant public process. The saving action happened more than 3,700 miles from the Douglas location …Begich Secures…
Plymouth Herald Ebay fraudster who conned buyers out of tens of thousands of pounds is jailedPlymouth HeraldA FRAUDSTER who conned ebay users out of tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed for a year. Antonio Fonseca had £76,000 paid into his paypal account from buyers who thought they were purchasing digital camera memory cards….
Bob Puts Stamp On Career At Park Ridge Post OfficeJournal & Topics Newspapers Online… At Park Ridge Post Office By ANNE LUNDE Journal & Topics Reporter Journal & Topics Newspapers. Patrons of the Park Ridge Post Office, 333 Busse Highway, may miss a familiar face this week. Robert Kletnick, known universally as “Bob,” retired on…
Obama signing into law wide-ranging farm bill that trim food stamps aiding 1 …U.S. News & World ReportThe bill cuts food stamps by $800 million a year, or around 1 percent, one-fifth of the cut approved last fall by the Republican-led House. Conservatives remain unhappy with the bill and its subsidies for groups ranging from…
Black Heritage Series stamp collection on display at Hartsville MuseumSCNowKathy Dunlap, director of the Hartsville Museum, said the museum has continued to add stamps to the Black Heritage Series as issued each year. “We have all of the stamps in the series except two,” she said. The museum's collection is missing the first … More:…