Savings update: Bonuses make the difference

Rates for savers have continued to fall this year. The top easy-access cash Isa rate comes from Post Office Premier Cash Isa at a tax-free 1.5 per cent. A year ago Post Office paid 1.8 per cent to new savers opening this account. More: continued here

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GOP renews push to limit ‘junk food’ purchases with food stamps – La Crosse Tribune

GOP renews push to limit 'junk food' purchases with food stampsLa Crosse TribuneLimiting the types of food that could be purchased with taxpayer-funded assistance is among several broad proposals to promote “self sufficiency” — including drug testing everyone receiving unemployment assistance and food stamps— that Assembly …and more » More: continued here

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Former Head of eBay PR Shares Lessons Learned – EcommerceBytes (blog)

Former Head of eBay PR Shares Lessons LearnedEcommerceBytes (blog)Some readers have been selling online long enough to remember eBay's Kevin Pursglove, the public relations spokesperson who was tasked with putting out warm-and-fuzzy stories about the marketplace and answering questions from the media about …and more » More: continued here

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Ernst would hurt farmers by ending food stamps – DesMoinesRegister.com

DesMoinesRegister.com Ernst would hurt farmers by ending food stampsDesMoinesRegister.comSNAP (food stamps) is the largest farm support program in the federal budget, helping thousands of Iowa's family farmers. It's curious, then, why Joni Ernst would sign a pledge, along with all the other newly elected Republican senators, to eliminate SNAP. More: …

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