"... the Postal Service to meet its critical mission. "Whether employees are processing the mail or picking up the phone, Verizon Business is looking forward to building on that relationship in the decade ahead." The network will see the postal services ..."
"... Among the first points of the presentation was a reference to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which enumerates the powers of Congress. "Section 8: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;...to establish post offices and post roads...." ..."
"... restored normal postal service in April 1934. In a statement from Farley that restored postal employees to the duties they performed before March 2, 1934, he said that the reduction in postal services was not necessary, as he had previously thought. Postal revenues had increased from February to March and he said he believed that they would continue to do so. Twice-a-day residential mail delivery was eliminated in the U.S. permanently in April 1950 ..."
"...Beginning July 1, the TSP will display share prices to four decimal places. This change from two to four decimal places will allow for greater precision in calculating account values and in tracking the TSP funds to the indexes with which they are associated..."
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"...the U.S. House of Representatives endorsed the measure to help preserve inexpensive, trustworthy mail service for the American public.
The bill would help reduce wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting by the U.S. Postal Service..."
"...Attorneys, financial professionals, real estate agents and other mailers who depend on shipping legal-sized documents for their businesses have new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) overnight and two-day delivery options. USPS has launched new legal-sized Express Mail and Priority Mail envelopes, available to customers free of charge. The new Express Mail envelope allows legal-sized papers to be sent without folding anywhere in the U.S. for the lowest price of any guaranteed overnight service..."
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"...the most expensive zip codes in the United States, up today, 11201. This zip code in Brooklyn, New York has a median price of $2,463,000 with an appreciation rate of 325% since 1990. ..."
"...fractional postage stamps were issued with images of non-presidents, such as Benjamin Franklin and Martha Washington, and the White House. For those not familiar with fractional postage, some types of U.S. mail required a partial cent..."
"...When it comes to Federal Disability Retirements, the majority of Federal and Postal workers who comes to me have a pre-formed, generally negative attitude about the chances of getting it. This is because they have heard too many horror stories; or they have had horrendous experiences with OWCP filings, or EEOC complaints..."
"...used his position as president of the San Mateo unit of the National Association of Letter Carriers to bill a myriad of goods and services for personal use on a union-issued credit card and 10 personal credit cards. Between 2003 and 2006, he used the credit cards for..."
"...All Express Mail and Priority Mail customers can save money simply by going online to purchase postage, including customers using Click-N-Ship at usps.com. Express Mail customers will receive 3 percent off the published retail prices and Priority Mail customers will save an average 3.5 percent.
Other competitive pricing highlights include:
* Retail prices start at $4.80 for a one-pound Priority Mail package.
* Online purchasers save from 1 to 11 percent.
* Flat-Rate boxes have the greatest consumer value, with Priority Mail Flat-Rate boxes priced at $9.80.
* Customers who use Click-N-Ship and PC Postage save an average 3.5 percent.
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"...privatization of post across Europe will produce services that are deeply uneven and unequal. It will produce a grossly unfair two-tiered postal system, with one set of quality services for the large corporations and urban middle class, and another set of poorly provisioned services for rural areas, the urban poor, small businesses and the outermost territories of member states – if they even have access to such services at all. ..."
"...The decision to return to strike action was in response to pension changes, post office closures and job losses at Royal Mail. Last year’s strike action was a major factor in Royal Mail’s failure to meet operational targets...."
"...Over the last ten years, many countries, mostly in Europe, have begun to reduce the postal monopoly while at the same time ensuring some minimum level of service for each citizen. The Study Commission will analyze the changing postal environment and recommend potential changes to the universal service obligation and postal monopoly in the United States. ..."
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"...Rampant theft by Post Office workers has infuriated internet retailing giant Amazon so much that it will no longer send goods to South Africa by post..."
