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Reduction looms for food stampsSharonheraldA stimulus package passed by legislators in 2009 has expired and all food stamp recipients will see a reduction in the amount they receive. Local food pantry providers are bracing for an onslaught of new applicants and some are fearful there won't be … More: continued …

Food Stamp Assistance Set to Return to 2009 LevelsNewsmax.comThere will be less money to go around for some 47 million food stamp beneficiaries making it harder to qualify. Eligibility is means-tested and subsidies can vary depending on household expenses, location, medical bills, age and other government …Food-stamp fight shapes up …

Day 5, Royal Mail: Faithful from around Europe unite to root on 49ersSan Jose Mercury News (blog)They came from Iceland, Sweden, Italy, Scotland and even Sunnyvale, or “2 miles from the 49ers' new stadium” as their name-tags indicated at a 49ers-fan get-together Saturday at a London pub, Waxy O'Connors. Rather …

Royal Mail hedge fund tycoon Chris Hohn posts his divorce papersTelegraph.co.ukNow that Chris Hohn's hedge fund has become the biggest private shareholder in Royal Mail, with £200million worth of shares, his estranged wife will, at least, know who to speak to if her cheque is lost in the post. Mandrake …

The Guardian Ebay won't help seller over missing iPadThe GuardianI won an iPad in a design competition and decided to sell it to raise funds for my wedding, and we did so on 30 June using eBay. We dispatched the item to the buyer using special delivery, insured to the …

If Royal Mail's privatisation has given you a taste for investing, as it has for first-time investor Amir Jaleel, what should your next steps be? More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk What next for Royal Mail first-timers?Telegraph.co.ukThese payments – the reward to shareholders for putting their money into a business – are, in general, a key argument for investing in shares. But to accumulate from dividends the money you would make from selling your Royal Mail shares today would …Royal …

Chris Hohn, whose hedge fund is the largest private shareholder in Royal Mail, is to divorce his American wife, Jamie Cooper-Hohn.         More: continued here

WalesOnline Royal Mail privatised: Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood rips into Welsh …WalesOnlineA letter received by Plaid from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in Whitehall states: “I can confirm that the Department has not received representations from the Welsh Government about the privatisation of Royal Mail.” Ms Wood, …

Christian Science Monitor McDonald's helpline to employee: Go on food stampsChristian Science MonitorThe protest movement for higher wages for fast food workers has been simmering for several months now, in the form of employee walkouts and street rallies in several major US cities. Now, advocates have zeroed in on another …