Calls for an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service are getting louder. They’ll only increase in volume in the runup to a 2 percent increase in the price of a first-class stamp, scheduled for May 11.
The additional postage is needed to cover the rising costs of a sprawling operation that employs 685,000 citizens, operates 37,000 [...]
Because of the current economic downturn, the United States Postal Service is taking certain tough but necessary steps here in the St. Louis area and around the country. In order to maintain affordable service and remain viable, we’re making changes to operations, staffing, and facilities similar to what other businesses are doing in these tough [...]
Most people believe that the United States Postal Service is somehow owned and operated by the U.S. Government. In reality, it is not. The USPS operates by a government mandate, and in contract with the government, but it is a for-profit business with a corporate hierarchy, profit margins and budgets. As is the case with [...]
LOS GATOS, Calif., Feb. 12 — Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, today announced it has surpassed 10 million subscribers, a milestone that reflects the widespread and growing appeal of the company’s service. For one low monthly price, Netflix members can get unlimited DVDs delivered to their homes quickly and [...]
The Obama administration needs a stronger narrative. If the president is to succeed in the recovery from economic recession, repair the multi-faceted damage of the Bush years, and create sustainable economic growth for the future, he has to have a compelling story line. Most Americans don’t easily understand economics–but they do experience economic reality. They [...]
Whatever happened to that old Postal Service creed of “through rain, hail, sleet, or snow?”
Now, it appears that a lovable little Labrador lap dog can stop a mail carrier cold.
“Our priorities have changed,” said postal service spokesperson May L. Mann. “Safety is now our No. 1 priority, not service.”
For example, any animal observed on a [...]
United Parcel Service Inc. has teamed with the U.S. Postal Service for a five-month pilot program that aims to make returning packages a bit easier.
The Atlanta-based package shipping giant said Tuesday it will test UPS Returns Flexible Access — a returns service with a few pre-selected retailers that allows consumers to return items shipped through [...]
An Internet startup called Zumbox is rolling out a service today that promises to transform the way people send and receive postal mail online. Sound familiar? Earth Class Mail also is trying to reinvent postal mail.
But Earth Class Mail Chief Executive Ron Wiener dismisses any similarities between the two, calling Zumbox a “joke” and predicting [...]
The U.S. Postal Service is about to get some competition in the digital world. Zumbox is launching the public beta test today for its all-digital alternative to the paper postal service.
Wait a minute, you’re thinking. Isn’t that email? Nope. Westlake Village, Calif.-based Zumbox lets you send or receive scanned, physical representations of letters, bills or [...]
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S energy plan calls for putting one million electric plug-in hybrid cars on the road by 2015. This ambitious goal could be accomplished more quickly if we invested in converting the largest civilian fleet in the United States — the 219,000 vehicles owned by the United States Postal Service — to electricity.
The House’s stimulus [...]