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The United States Postal service announced price hikes for mailing services today, including a 2-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail stamp. Those stamps will be 44 cents with the price increase.
The changes will go into effect on May 11, which is in line with the annual review of postal mailing prices that [...]

Amid speculation that the United States Postal Service might layoff significant portions of their workforce or downsize delivery service to only five days per week, the USPS reported a first quarter loss of $384 million this week.
Citing the economic recession as the main reason for a decrease in mail volume by 5.2 billion pieces during [...]

Perhaps the long awaited announcement that was supposed to come out on January 16, the United States Postal Service finally announced a major potential change to its operations yesterday: no Tuesday delivery.

Massive deficits and declining mail circulation could force the USPS to cut delivery, John Potter, the postmaster general told Congress. Though many would first [...]

In the news today are several large companies announcing large layoffs, including Caterpillar, ING Group, Sprint Nextel, Pfizer, Home Depot, Deere, Philips and Corus. Total job cuts announced today total approximately 61,000 jobs.
Caterpillar, the construction giant will be cutting 20,000 jobs. These job losses are in line with a 25% decline in sales volume.
ING Group, [...]

UPDATE (12:10 p.m.): Jerry McKiernan, Manager of Media Relations for USPS, called back. He says he has “nothing to announce today.”
The USPS won’t call us back regarding the “Big Announcement” that is scheduled to be announced today, but they did release a press release today talking about the rate hikes for USPS shipping prices that [...]

UPDATE (Friday 1/16 2:05 p.m.): The USPS has said it has “nothing to announce today“.
Rumors are flying about a “Big Announcement” from the United States Postal Service to be announced this Friday, January 16. On several blogs covering Postal Service issues, the topic is hot. Local postal workers near our offices know about the [...]

They’re sturdy and extremely convenient, but you have to give them up. Those white plastic crates you’ve slowly collected from the United States Postal Service over the years need to go home, the Postal Service says.
Strapped with a $2.8 billion deficit, the USPS is trying to save as much money as it can. That’s why [...]

Individuals and small businesses reliant on flat-rate shipping from the United States Postal Service may have to dig a little deeper come January 18.
That’s when flat rate envelopes and boxes for Priority Mail and Express Mail will face a price hike of up to $1 per package. The Postal Service did not attribute the price [...]

If you’ve been nice this year, what should you do to ensure you get what you want for Christmas? Well, thousands of kids figure, writing a letter to Santa can’t hurt your chances.
This year, kids across the country have written letters to Santa Claus in hopes of him coming through with all the items on [...]

No one wants to get their Christmas gift on Boxing Day. To be shut out on Christmas only to receive your gift the next day. Everybody wants to get their Christmas gifts on Christmas morning, and with a few tips, you can make sure that your holiday mail is getting to where you need it [...]

If you haven’t sent them out already, many of you have probably already begun planning for sending out holiday cards for this year.
Though sending out holiday cards is a nice thing to do and common tradition in our culture, sending them out also represents an opportunity to tastefully market your business to your friends, family, [...]