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U.S. Postal Service loses $1.3 billion in last 3 months of 2012
The beleaguered U.S. Postal Service can't seem to catch a break. Just two days after announcing it would cease Saturday delivery of first-class mail later this year, the agency Friday announced it lost $1.3 billion during the last three months of 2012. ...
Tags: Finance, Financial and Business Services, Fiscal Cliff, Mail Order Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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No Saturday mail delivery? Good riddance.
Here’s my response to the U.S. Postal Service canceling Saturday mail service: What a relief. Hey, I love the idea of getting wonderful things in the mail: big fat checks or torrid declarations of love (from someone I want to hear from). But the...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Politics, Lobbying, Al Gore, Mail Order Industry
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Letters: The Postal Service's pension predicament
Re "Saturday mail delivery slated to end in August," Feb. 7 It's called the U.S. Postal Service because it is a service, not a corporation. Who decided the Postal Service must be profitable? Do other government agencies, like the Defense Department...
Tags: Financial and Business Services, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service, Banking, U.S. Congress
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Plans to cancel Saturday letter delivery getting mixed response
Getting a Saturday morning letter will be a thing of the past starting in August. The United States Postal Service announced Wednesday it will be halting Saturday delivery on first class letters, catalogs and publications later this year in an attempt...
Tags: Jay Carney, Financial and Business Services, Unemployment, The Washington Post, Mail Order Industry
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Stamps: US Postal Service debuts new floral stamps
Continuing its tradition of issuing floral stamps, the U.S. Postal Service recently issued the Kaleidoscope Flowers 46-cent stamps, according to a news release. Available in self-adhesive coils of 3,000 and 10,000, customers may order the stamps now...
Tags: Media Industry, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service
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Begich, Murkowski Weigh-In on USPS Announcement
Channel 2 NewsSen. Mark Begich says the U.S. Postal Service's decision to stop delivering all Saturday mail except for packages is "bad news for Alaskans." In a release Wednesday, he said the decision will "undoubtedly slow overall delivery time." He said the...Tags: Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service
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Reactions mixed to Postal Service's decision to stop Saturday delivery
Word that the cash-strapped Postal Service would stop delivering mail on Saturdays hit Lakesha Johnson hard. "I think that's terrible," the Baltimore woman said Wednesday outside the city's Main Post Office on East Fayette Street. "When they want to...
Tags: Finance, Politics, Parties and Movements, Media Industry, Labor Legislation
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UPDATED: Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costs
Saturday mail delivery will soon be a thing of the past. The Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail to homes and businesses on Saturdays, though the mail will still be delivered to post office boxes. Post offices that are now open on...
Tags: Financial and Business Services, Marketing, Business, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service
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Postal Service plan to end Saturday delivery likely to affect business
The U.S. Postal Service's announcement that it plans to stop delivering most mail on Saturdays is likely to have an effect on the business world. The Postal Service said it made the announcement Wednesday -- about six months in advance of implementing a...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, E-Commerce Industry, Financial and Business Services, Business, Air Transportation Delays
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CBS News: Government rejects Armstrong's $5M restitution offer
CBS News(CBS News) Lance Armstrong has offered to pay more than $5 million to the federal government to compensate for the fraud he allegedly committed against the U.S. Postal Service, CBS News has learned. The Postal Service paid Armstrong's team more than $30...Tags: Tour de France, Oprah Winfrey, CBS Corp., Mail Order Industry, Cycling
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Postal worker accused of choking 11-year-old girl is charged
L.A. NOWThe U.S. Postal Service worker accused of chasing and choking an 11-year-old girl after she laughed at him for accidentally entering a women's restroom at Commerce Park was charged Wednesday, prosecutors said.... -
Going good postal
The U.S. Postal Service, in its latest bid to save a few billion bucks, plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays. It's not enough. The ugly truth is that the Postal Service's commitment to universal mail service is no longer financially viable in...Tags: Finance, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial and Business Services, Media Industry
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