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DALLAS – FedEx Corp.’s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 per cent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery options and the company spent heavily on restructuring. More: continued here

FedEx reported fourth quarter and fiscal 2013 results. More: continued here

Royal Mail workers have overwhelmingly voted “no” to privatisation in a ballot which also threatens a wholesale boycott of competitors’ mail.         More: continued here

House to consider $2B-per-year cuts to food stampsKearney HubWASHINGTON (AP) — A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. Passage of the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm …

Royal Mail workers have voted in favour of boycotting competitors’ mail and have massively rejected the Government’s controversial plan to privatise the company. More: continued here

CBS News Limit food stamps for sodas, 18 mayors ask governmentCBS NewsNEW YORKSugary drinks, which have been linked to health risks, should not be bought with government-assistance food stamps, mayors of major U.S. cities said in a letter Tuesday urging the government to evaluate approaches to limiting the purchases.Mayors Push …

Examiner.com Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer wants sugary drinks exempt from food stampsThe Courier-JournalFischer and the other mayors said in the letter they believe the food stamp program, formally the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, can “do more to address the pressing challenges of obesity and diet-related disease.” Obesity, the letter …Louisville …

Mercer University named Colleen “Augusta” Hosmer of Rome one of nine Stamps Leadership Scholars as part of the University’s participation in the prestigious Stamps Scholars Program. In addition to … More: continued here

David Sarasohn: House goes after food stamps, and those who get themOregonLive.comThis week, the U.S. House of Representatives, trying once again to pass a five-year farm bill — it couldn't manage last year — is set to pass a measure that would cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food …

Three men facing charges over Lima post office burglaryLima OhioLIMA — Three men face charges in connection with the burglary at the main post office in downtown Lima. Shawn Severt, 27, of Celina; Cole Cotter, 21, of Lima; and Austin Trenkamp, 20, of Lima; have been linked to the crime. …