US law firm sets up specialist postal unit in Washington
US law firm Ford & Huff has opened a new regulatory practice in Washington D.C. that will have a specialism in postal affairs.
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The week that was: 19 October 2012
Rounding up the biggest stories of the week in the mail and express industry, with USPS eyeing same-day delivery, Poland preparing for liberalisation and DPD pushing parcel shops.
Read MoreUSPS urges customers to switch from POSTNET to IMb barcodes
USPS is urging users of its POSTNET barcode system to switch to the new Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) system if they want to keep all their postage discounts for business mail.
Read MoreUS periodicals looking to alternative delivery options
Newsweek – America’s second-largest news weekly magazine – is phasing out its print edition by the end of the year, after deciding it has reached a “tipping point” where distribution is more efficiently achieved in an all-digital format.
Read MoreUSPS pension surplus worth $24bn, says OIG report
The US Postal Service may have hit its $15bn borrowing limit in the last month, but it now has a federal pension fund over-funded by as much as $24bn, according to a new report from the USPS Inspector General.
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