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Red Star 'could have made profit' this year – Lynx still confident in rail

Lynx Express remains committed to rail despite last week’s closure of the Red Star operation it acquired in 1999. Together with TDG and GB Railfreight, the company is part of the Minimodal consortium which won £1m ( t1.6) in last year ‘s Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) competition designed to stimulate and incentivise innovative thinking about rail transport.

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US Postal rate hikes: Lobby now or pay later

The USPS is in sorry shape and views postal rate hikes as its path to
profitability. Make no mistake: Further rate hikes will no doubt put some
direct marketing agencies and publishers, upon which the USPS relies for
most of its revenue, out of business

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Donnelley opens Detroit mail center

Donnelley Logistics, the mail fulfillment arm of RR Donnelley and Sons Co,
has opened a sortation facility in Detroit, MI. The center will be used to
process various literature and packages and route these items to a nearby US Postal Service station or another sortation facility

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Government to Rescue Post Office

Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has admitted that government will have to continue supporting the South Africa Post Office financially, reversing an earlier decision to end postal subsidies in March this year.

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Consignia may set up cheap local post service

Consignia, formerly the Post Office, is considering asking the Postal Services Commission, the independent regulator, for a licence to operate cheap local postal services in competition with its own Royal Mail subsidiary. The project is being compared by Consignia to British Airways’ launch of its Go subsidiary, which was set up to protect the company’s position in the highly competitive market for cheap flights.

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