Tag: USA

CTDC and USPS facilitate passport process to Caribbean

Posted by | Jun 6, 2007 | |

The Caribbean Tourism Development Company (CTDC) has partnered with the United States Postal Service (USPS) to make it easier for consumers to apply for their passports. During the CTDC’s Caribbean Fair cultural extravaganza, Tuesday, June 12 at South Street Seaport Piers 16 and 17, USPS representatives will be present to help Fair attendees who are U.S. citizens apply for their passports. The Caribbean Fair is one of many events taking place during CTDC’s annual Caribbean Week 2007 in New York City which brings numerous Caribbean festivities to New York.

According to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), which went into effect in January 2007, all U.S. citizens are required to present a passport when returning to the U.S. by air from the Caribbean, Mexico, Bermuda, South and Central America and Canada. In 2008 travelers arriving by cruise ship or land crossing will also be required to have a passport. CTO member countries – Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands – are exempt from this U.S. government requirement.

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DHL presents the major league baseball delivery man of the month award

Posted by | Jun 5, 2007 | |

Trevor Hoffman of the San Diego Padres was selected as the winner of the “DHL Presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month Award” for May, it was announced today. This officially-sanctioned Major League Baseball (MLB) award recognizes the most outstanding relief pitcher during each month of the regular season.

In recognition of this honor, DHL will donate $1,500 to STAR/PAL, San Diego’s Police Athletic League chapter, in Hoffman’s name. This donation will be made in conjunction with the Baseball Tomorrow Fund (BTF), a joint initiative of Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. With this donation, STAR/PAL will have the opportunity to purchase a pitching machine package from ATEC, the official supplier of pitching machines and other training equipment for MLB. In addition, Hoffman will be recognized in a special advertisement in USA Today this week.

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The Impact of Economic and Demographic Dispersion on Aggregate Mail Volumes

Posted by | Jun 5, 2007 | |

The presentation gives information about the following subjects:

– Business strategists should take into consideration the underlying heterogeneity to more effectively understand the market

– Inclusion of the dispersion of the demand factors can enable a more effective strategy for growing aggregate mail demand

– Dispersion of the variables is significant and matter more for countries with greater levels of dispersion within the data (Most notably USA)

Presented in the 15th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, 31 May–2 June 2007, Semmering, Austria

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SkuTouch Solutions introduces USPS Parcel Return Service

Posted by | Jun 4, 2007 | |

SkuTouch Solutions, recently received qualification from the United States Postal Service(USPS), to become their Parcel Return Service provider. As a result SkuTouch will continue to further its expansion of Click Parcel Returns (CPR). The approval comes after SkuTouch completed USPS’s stringent internal qualifications procedures.

Click Parcel Returns is a North American recovery network that eliminates unnecessary freight charges by taking advantage of multiple return, inspection, refurbishment and consolidation centers. The relationship with USPS gives SkuTouch immediate access to a comprehensive drop off, pick-up and distribution network adding convenience scalability, efficiency and cost effectiveness to the returns process.

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Siemens in U.S. Postal Service deal

Posted by | Jun 3, 2007 | |

Siemens AG said Wednesday it received a USD 218 million subcontract from Northrop Grumman Corp. for a project with the U.S. Postal Service.

Siemens will provide optical character recognition and video coding systems, among other items, to help the Postal Service further automate its processing stream for large envelopes, catalogs and magazines.

Siemens’ U.S.-listed shares lost USD 1.88 at USD 130.32 in morning trading, while Northrop Grumman fell 13 cents to USD 75.08.

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