The Postal Rate Commission today gave its approval to the Postal Service’s first Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA). The agreement is between the Postal Service and Capital One Services Inc., the Postal Service’s fourth largest customer and the nation’s largest single producer of first-class mail.
Read MorePostal reform could move ahead provided it receives strong backing from the White House, the chairman of the House of Representatives committee that includes oversight of the U.S. Postal Service told attendees yesterday at the Direct Marketing Association’s 2003 Government Affairs Conference here. “If the White House is not willing to go with it, I just think it’s going to be very difficult [to get a bill passed] on the Hill,” said Rep. Tom Davis, R-VA, chairman of the Government Reform Committee. “Without them pushing it, without our leadership response to that, you’re just not going to get Congress eager to make decisions [such as closing] post offices and to start angering interest groups.”
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday that it has set Oct. 31 as the deadline for the administrative law judge hearing the DHL Airways ownership case to reach a decision. Chief administrative law judge Ronnie L. Yoder had requested an extension until Nov. 24. The original DOT deadline was set at Sept. 2.
Read MoreThe Board of Directors of UPS, at its regularly scheduled meeting, today declared a quarterly cash dividend of 21-cents per share on all outstanding Class A and Class B shares. The dividend is payable on June 3, 2003, to shareowners of record on May 19, 2003.
Read MoreDeutscher Paketdienst (DPD), the German parcel forwarding specialist, intends to boost its express delivery services as part of its strategic alliance with US express delivery group Federal Express. The two companies signed a co-operation agreement last July.
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