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Venezuela tax agency closes Federal Express, DHL for two days

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

Venezuela’s tax agency imposed a two-day closure on courier companies including Federal Express and Deutsche Post’s DHL, part of an effort to punish tax law violations, officials said Monday.

The tax agency said in a statement that it temporarily closed six courier companies Monday for allegedly failing to keep their books in order.

Despite the order, the government allowed the companies to process a number of scheduled deliveries to prevent the measure from affecting paying customers, the tax agency said.

Venezuela’s tax agency has aggressively pursued tax evasion and bookkeeping irregularities as part of a “zero evasion” campaign.

The effort consists of fining and forcing the closing of businesses that fall short of their tax responsibilities.

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35,000 postal workers begin 10-day strike in Romania

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

Some 35,000 postal workers on Monday began a 10-day strike in Romania to demand higher salaries, paralyzing mail delivery and payments of pensions and child benefit.

“We apologize to everyone but please understand that this action is unavoidable,” Mariana Kniesner, a senior union leader at the National Trade Union Bloc told Realitataea TV. “The whole Romanian Postal Service is on strike.”

Postal workers, who earn an average monthly salary of 6.3 million lei (USD225; EUR175), are demanding a pay rise of 16 percent.

Managers say that they cannot afford the raise and point to the fact that spending at the post office is monitored a Romanian government agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

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Rural UK post offices ‘need support’

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

Post offices in thousands of villages could close over the next few years after Labour failed to give a manifesto commitment to support the loss-making rural network. Colin Baker, the general secretary of the Federation of SubPostmasters, said that he was disappointed at the lack of support after he and other organisations had lobbied for a pledge that rural offices would be protected. Mr Baker said he feared that all 6,000 loss-making rural post offices, of the rural network of 8,000, would close without government cash.
Rural post offices are supported by an annual government payment of Pounds 150 million but that is intended to continue only until the end of 2007. The threat to rural post offices comes after the recent closure of 2,600 urban post offices.

Labour has said: “We have made no commitment for the future of the post offices after 2008 but we are keeping the matter under review.”

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Belgian Rossel to develop own distribution network

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

Belgian media company Rossel plans to develop own distribution network for its magazines and promotional items, it was reported on April 13, 2004. Currently the distribution of Rossel magazines is carried out by Belgian distribution company AMP and Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste.

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An Post suffers setback on stamp price rise

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

An Post has suffered a significant setback with a decision on its controversial stamp price increase application not now expected for several months. The regulator, ComReg, has requested further information from An Post to support the application it submitted 11 months ago. An Post will shortly report a small surplus but the delay in granting a price increase for stamps could have financial repercussions. Last May, when the application was submitted, An Post chief executive Donal Curtin said the company believed it was entitled to a “realistic” price increase. While never disclosed publicly, it is understood the company sought an increase of 14.5 per cent. This would push up the price of a stamp from 48 to 55 cent.

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DHL Global Mail France, Koba launch Mailingfactory in France

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

DHL Global Mail France and recently acquired French mail service provider Koba, have launched Mailingfactory in France it was reported on April 18, 2005. Mailingfactory is a multimedia application for designing mailing campaigns. Users with Internet access can use this application to quickly, flexibly and efficiently design direct marketing campaigns.

Mailingfactory has already 25,000 clients in Germany, mainly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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Deutsche Post reaches agreement with smaller rivals

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has reached an out-of-court settlement with smaller rivals in a dispute relating to certain sectors of the market for the delivery of letters. The company is said to have promised to put forward a contract for approval by April 25 at the latest. A spokesman for Deutsche Post has confirmed that the agreement relates to postal service operators Deniz, Pin AG and DirektExpress.

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Deutsche Post abandons Austrian Post acquisition plans

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

German postal company Deutsche Post AG has fully given up all future plans to buy Austrian competitor Oesterreichische Post AG, Deutsche Post CEO Klaus Zumwinkel said on April 17, 2005. The decision was the result of differences in political developments, Zumwinkel added. Austria had initially planned to sell Austrian Post to a strategic partner through privatisation. Last week finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser said it had been decided to sell the state’s minority holding in Post over the stock exchange in the spring of 2006.

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