DHL pays $9.4m settlement
The US government has announced that DHL has agreed to pay $9.4m to settle allegations of violating export-shipping controls to Syria, Sudan and Iran.
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USPS proposes cockfighting ad ban
USPS has proposed banning cockfighting advertising from being sent through the mail, reports the Associated Press.
Read MoreUK postal workers to strike again
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said that more than 25,000 postal workers will stage a series of strikes on 7,8,10 August over pay and jobs, report the BBC.
Read MoreUSPS could close 1,000 branches
“USPS is studying roughly 1,000 of its 37,000 post offices for possible closure — the latest cost-cutting step from an agency scrambling to deal with a projected $7bn deficit this year and larger losses in 2010”, The Federal Times reports.
Read MoreGOA add USPS to High Risk list
Reporting that broad restructuring is urgently needed, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) added the financial condition of the USPS to its High-Risk List of federal areas in need of transformation.
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