GOP House nears vote to strip food stamps from farm billOmaha World-HeraldWASHINGTON — House Republicans appeared Tuesday to be moving forward on stripping food stamps out of the farm bill in order to garner enough votes for crop insurance, subsidies and other agriculture-focused provisions in the legislation. More: continued here
The Times (subscription) Flotation of Royal Mail'will lead to strike action'The Times (subscription)Plans to give 150,000 Royal Mail workers shares worth up to £2,000 in the flotation of their company were thrown back at ministers last night as union leaders said that privatisation of the state postal network would provoke a strike. Vince Cable is…
Facebuy to take on eBay and FacebookThe AustralianCalled Facebuy, the app aims to take on the likes of eBay by making it cheaper and easier for people to sell their goods on social networks from their phone. The company, which is privately funded by Chapman and his father, Arthur, who operates an … More: continued…
The Guardian Royal Mail privatisation plans to be unveiledFox NewsAt the same time however, Royal Mail has enjoyed a surge in a profits thanks to the increasing popularity of online shopping which generates parcel traffic, and owing also to deep cost-cutting and big increases in stamp prices. Union leaders meanwhile …Royal Mail staff to be offered…
Victoria Advocate Excess space, rental rates plague Main Street post officeVictoria AdvocateA tour last week through Victoria's Main Street post office raised red flags for Congressman Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi. Namely: space, efficiency and the cost to keep things going. "I wanted to go look for myself," he said of the building …and more » More:…
The private equity firm that tabled a bid for Royal Mail four years ago has told the Government that it will revive its interest if attempts to privatise the postal services group through a stock market listing are unsuccessful. More: continued here
The U.S. Postal Service has announced plans to sell its Norristown Post Office at 28 E. Airy St. and relocate the retail sales of stamps and postal supplies to a nearby Norristown building. More: continued here
Providing food stamps slow in NJVineland Daily JournalStates are required by U.S. law to get food stamps to people within 30 days, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the food-stamp program, now called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Any state that cannot … More: continued here
Hamashbir CEO Assaf Ben-Dov says eBay picked Hamashbir, its first Israeli retailer partnership, because of its price advantage. More: continued here
Royal Mail Privatisation: Business Department Risks 'Chaos' In Announcement …Huffington Post UKLabour's postal services spokesman Ian Murray warned that privatising the Royal Mail would lead to a "cherry picking" of regional services. "The government is rushing this through in a fire sale to meet the demands of the Treasury," he told the … More: continued…