U.S. Postal Service: Congress, Please Help
The U.S. Postal Service may lose $10 billion in the fiscal year ending September 30, according to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. The loss will leave the service unable to make required federal...
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Will Cost-Cutting Be Enough for the USPS?
Following early-morning reports that anticipated the news, the United States Postal Service announced on Wednesday that it would discontinue mail delivery on Saturdays. The change, which will become...
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Here’s Why You’ll Still Get Junk Mail on Saturdays
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…and not even the USPS’s own leadership can stop Saturday delivery of mail. The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it had reversed a decision to...
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AT&T Wins 2 US Postal Service Contracts and 2 Other Dow Movers to Watch
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T): Current price $35.69 The U.S. Postal Service awarded two contracts to AT&T’s Federal Government unit. One is valued at over $50 million and covers the improvement of data...
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Tesla Preps for Its Model E and 2 More Heavily Traded Stocks to Follow
Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA): Current price $157.10 Elon Musk’s electric car builder has filed an application to trademark the “Model E” name for potential use on future automobiles, clothing, and...
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No Rest for the Wicked: Amazon and USPS to Begin Deliveries on Sundays
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced an initiative that it believes will benefit both the struggling U.S. Postal Service and its customers. According to the Washington Post – the newspaper...
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Amazon Sunday Shipping Will Help the USPS, But Not Enough
Last week, we learned that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is teaming up with the U.S. Postal Service to offer Sunday deliveries. The initiative is expected to benefit both parties and their consumers, but...
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Going Postal Just Got More Expensive
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scelera/ Stock up on your forever stamps — first-class postage is increasing by 3 cents on January 26, 2014. The Postal Regulatory Commission voted to temporarily...
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UPS and FedEx Blamed for Missing Christmas Gifts
United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS), FedEx (NYSE:FDX), and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) are apologizing for delayed shipments that left those on Santa’s “nice” list without their gifts on Christmas morning....
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Would You Do Your Banking at the Post Office?
Justin Sullivan/Getty Image You may be wary of postal workers — after all, the term “going postal” exists for a reason. That wariness can be the result of crunched-up deliveries, missing mail, or their...
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