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Prospects for Postal Service seem pretty dim
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
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The Pony Express may ultimately have been faster than some of the modern services from a U.S. Postal Service struggling against massive debt and the evil Internet. The result of the cutbacks in the futile effort to reverse the situation ultimately
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Letter carriers deliver in the sweltering heat
Princeton :: NJ :: USA | 10 months ago
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Postal Service released the following press release regarding the recent heat. In the last few weeks, letter carriers have been delivering in record breaking heat that for many of us would be unbearable. The majority of us work in air conditioned
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UPS and FedEx: The Ground War
Alexandria :: VA :: USA | 10 months ago
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Postal Service assures us that "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."...UPS ) , who have both seen their lightweight package services play a starring role as
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Summer of discontent at Postal Service
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 10 months ago
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Mail processing plants are shrinking, thousands of postal workers are moving and thousands more are retiring. And there's the possibility of a default on a payment due to the federal government in two weeks...Postal Service is in the midst of a
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Postal Service Set to Default on Billions in Health Payments
Boston :: MA :: USA | 10 months ago
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The $5.5 billion payment, which was deferred from the 2011 fiscal year, is due Aug. 1. The Postal Service is also scheduled to make a $5.6 billion payment for 2012 in September. A spokesman for the agency said that barring intervention from Congress,
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U.S. Postal Service Planning 2012 Holiday Mobile Shopping Promotion
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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Cyber Monday was the busiest shopping day last year. Up 29 percent over 2010, Cyber Monday's purchasing surge was no doubt due to a number of deals offered by retailers...Postal Service is planning for online merchants this holiday season, Cyber
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Life with Diabetes in… Puerto Rico
San Juan :: Puerto Rico | 10 months ago
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We've been traveling the world for the past year, bringing you different perspectives on life with diabetes with our Global Diabetes Series . This month, we'd like to introduce you to Mila Ferrer , who lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with her husband
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FedEx risks losing $1 billion-plus Post Office contract to UPS
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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Package-delivery company FedEx Corp risks losing its business with the U.S. Postal Service, worth more than $1 billion a year, when the beleaguered postal service puts the contract up for bid next year. The postal service alerted FedEx that it will
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Millions spent on upkeep of empty Katrina lots
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 10 months ago
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More than 3,000 lots flooded by Hurricane Katrina and bought with federal money in an emergency bailout sit idle across this city — a multimillion-dollar drain on federal, state and city coffers that lends itself to no easy solution.
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Postal Service default appears likely
McLean :: VA :: USA | 11 months ago
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Postal Service is within weeks of defaulting on a legally required $5.5 billion payment into a health benefits fund for future retirees. So far, it appears House leaders have no intention of preventing that from happening -- they have postponed any
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