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Death Spiral on Main Street.(Post Office reform)(Statistical Data Included)
Our Postal Service is in worse shape than you think
In a tone of sunny desperation, the U.S. Postal Service has taken to sending out press releases--via fax--which, like much of what this beleaguered giant attempts, only underscore its deepest woes: "The U.S. Postal Service today announced it is attempting to establish a world record to prove that, even in the age of electronic communications and the Internet, the art of card and letter writing is still relevant and a tradition worth keeping." We haven't yet received an update on the record-setting effort.
What we do know is, the Postal Service--employer of 900,000, friend of senior citizen, foe of dog, ...
- Postal Hike Looms; Publishers Fume.(United States Postal Service, possible rate...
- Magazine article from: Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management Moseley, Bob April 1, 2001 700+ words
...anyone else but the Postal Service." Added stress to the industry The Postal Service could file a rate hike...first half of 2002. A rate increase would add to the long...circulation costs. "The Postal Service will cause the demise...
- Can a 15% Periodicals Rate Hike Be Avoided?(US Postal Service proposes rate...
- Magazine article from: Circulation Management D'Antonio, Mila February 1, 2000 700+ words
...case filed by the Postal Service in mid January. But...fight any periodicals rate increase proposal over 10 percent...proposed, but about the Postal Service's decision not to...initiatives. "The Postal Service, which has spent...
- Postal Service plans rate increase. (Industry Update).(Postal Service Board of...
- Magazine article from: Medical Marketing & Media November 1, 2001 700+ words
The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors has authorized the filing of an overall postage rate increase of 8.7 percent. The request includes increases of three cents for a first class mail stamp, 10 percent for periodicals and...
- Power of the (Local) Press; Postal Service Retreats on Rate Increase
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Bill McAllister May 20, 1994 700+ words
...from Congress, the Postal Service retreated and announced...would not allow the Postal Service to take such a step...compromise. "The Postal Service made a colossal mistake...the circle" when the rate increase schedule was developed...
- Postal Service requests one-cent rate increase.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Stefanova, Kristina November 14, 2000 700+ words
...businesses, when the Postal Service wants an increase in...making a decision. The Postal Service filed its request with...asked for an overall rate increase of $2.8 billion in...increases, according to the Postal Service.
- United States Postal Service board authorizes filing for rate increase;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 6, 1990 700+ words
...BOARD AUTHORIZES FILING FOR RATE INCREASE; PROPOSAL ASKS FOR 30...PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service received authority from...on April 3, 1988. The Postal Service filed its request for new...First-Class rate, the Postal Service is seeking increases in...
- Postal Service Delays Seeking Rate Increase
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post April 8, 1987 700+ words
...said they could not delay an increase indefinitely. The Postal Service Board of Governors believed it needed more information on...would be made payable directly to the seller, removing the Postal Service from its role as financial go-between. The service was...
- USPS files reclassification proposal. (U.S. Postal Service; results in rate...
- Magazine article from: Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management April 1, 1995 700+ words
Under the reclassification proposal the U. S. Postal Service was expected to file with the independent Postal Rate...rates. The reclassification case, billed by the Postal Service as a "watershed change," would restructure portions...
Source: HighBeam Research, Death Spiral on Main Street.(Post Office reform)(Statistical Data...