US Postal rates are likely to remain the same for another four years, thanks to money freed up from a retirement fund that the Postal Service had been overpaying.
Rates for postage last went up in June, and postal officials said they didn’t expect another increase until 2004. But they stretched their estimate Tuesday after announcing details from a new financial review.
Read MoreNovember 2002 Deutsche Post through DHL Canada is to acquire Mayne Group Canada on Jan. 31 2003 pending government and regulatory approval,
Read MorePostal issues continue to be a headache for publishers the world over and price based reform is currently under review by operators in the UK, US and Australia.
In October representatives from the Periodical Publishers Association’s (PPA) postal committee urged the UK’s national postal operator, Royal Mail, to find an acceptable way forward on the size-based pricing issue which continues to threaten the country’s magazine industry.
UPS Doesn’t Plan to Hire Seasonal Workers at Air Hub in Kentucky
United Parcel Service doesn’t plan to boost the work force at its main air hub to handle the holiday shipping season because of its new $1.1 billion automated sorting operation.
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service began a program in Albany, NY, last month in which letter carriers on business routes provide brochures and information about the agency’s Priority Mail and Express Mail services to its small-business customers.
The postal service plans to roll it out nationwide early next year.
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