The New York Times has reported that "United Parcel Service, the world's largest package delivery company, said on Thursday that its second-quarter earnings fell 49% as the recession cut business demand.... View More
From PostCom: Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) today introduced legislation to help address the dire financial situation facing the United States Postal Service. Carper's "Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits... View More
NEW YORK - The U.S. Postal Service celebrated another example of its environmental leadership as it dedicated its first and New York City's largest green roof high atop the Morgan mail processing facility.... View More
What: Dedication of the Postal Service's first green roof. Who: Tom Samra, Postal Service Vice President, Facilities William Schnaars, Postal Service District Manager, New York District Dr. Majora Carter,... View More
A recent Gallup poll found 95 percent of Americans believe it's vital for the Postal Service to remain in business, with two-thirds of respondents saying it's very important to them personally for the... View More
The Postal Regulatory Commission completed its review of the Postal Service's lower prices for high-density Standard Mail flats. The change is effective July 19 and decreases the per-piece prices by 0.1... View More
Interested in being considered as a presenter at the 2010 National Postal Forum? The annual NPF is a premier mailing industry event featuring more than 100 workshops and seminars. Speakers are selected... View More
Saturation mail offers mailers a low-cost alternative to targeting advertising messages geographically in local markets. To help mailers grow their business by providing an affordable mailing option and... View More
Founder and President K. Jon Runstrom will be succeeded in July 2010 by Executive Vice President Chris Lien and Senior Vice President Jim Mann ... View More
Fedex has said that it expects "continued softness in demand for our services in 2010, as shipping volumes are expected to remain relatively flat as the global recession persists, particularly in the first... View More
I'm skimming over a conference report from the Senate Financial Services and General Government appropriations committee (really a fun way to spend your Wednesday afternoon!), and I came across this passage... View More
"Effective July 19 pricing for Standard Mail (Regular and Nonprofit) Commercial Flats will be decreased by 0.1¢ per-piece. For Flats weighing less than 3.3 oz, the per-piece rates are slightly lower.... View More
Four years after opening the most technologically advanced air package sorting hub in the world, UPS began a dramatic $1 billion expansion in 2006 that will increase sorting capacity by approximately 37%... View More
APWU locals around the country have been busy fighting the consolidation of Processing & Distribution Centers - even as the Postal Service announced it was considering consolidating more than 3,200... View More
The Federal Times reported that fewer than two percent of U.S. Postal Service employees who were offered a chance at early retirement last month accepted the offer - far less than postal management expected.... View More
Postcom.org reports that the following will appear in this Fridayâ¬s (July 10) DMM Advisory: From now through November 28, 2009 the following readability thresholds for Intelligent Mail barcodes... View More