Mobile Barcodes Help Direct Mailers Enter the Age of Interactive Mail WASHINGTON —To help propel the mailing industry into the age of mobile interactivity, the U.S. Postal Service today announced a promotion designed to complement the enduring ability of direct mail to target customers and deliver results for marketers. During July and August, the Postal […]
Extends Flexibility to Adjust to America’s Changing Mailing Trends WASHINGTON — It’s official. The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) AFL-CIO ratified March 14 tentative labor contract agreement with the U.S. Postal Service that will save the nation’s mail system $3.8 billion over the four and a half year life of the contract that becomes effective […]
CRESTWOOD, KY — Love can now last forever as the U.S. Postal Service issued today the Garden of Love Forever stamps and related philatelic products, which go on sale nationwide at local Post Offices, online at usps.com and through the toll-free line, 1-800 782-6724.
Stamp Highlights First Indy 500 Winner INDIANAPOLIS — Ray Harroun, winner of the first Indianapolis 500, begins racing his Marmon “Wasp” through the nation’s mail stream today in the form of 50 million First-Class Mail Forever stamps to celebrate 100 years of racing at the iconic brickyard. The first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony took place at the […]
May 19,2011 Press Release Amazon began selling hardcover and paperback books in July 1995. Twelve years later in November 2007, Amazon introduced the revolutionary Kindle and began selling Kindle books. By July 2010, Kindle book sales had surpassed hardcover book sales, and six months later, Kindle books overtook paperback books to become the most popular […]
U.S. Postal Service Expands to 100,000 Locations Find Nearest Neighborhood Site at www.uspseverywhere.com WASHINGTON – With nearly 100,000 places to buy stamps, ship a package or renew a passport, the U.S. Postal Service is expanding customer access to its products and services. It’s not about brick-and- mortar Post Offices anymore, as postal products move online […]
The following is a press release from the US Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts BOSTON, Mass. – A New Bedford man appeared in U.S. District Court today to face charges of assaulting a federal employee. RONALD VIGEANT, 52, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leo T. Sorokin on a criminal complaint charging him with assaulting a […]
Default on federal payments looming U.S. Postal Service Loss Widens in Second Quarter WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service ended the second quarter of this fiscal year (Jan. 1 – March 31, 2011) with a net loss of $2.2 billion, compared to a net loss of $1.6 billion for the same period in FY 2010. […]
And Defrauding Other Insurers Out $1.4 MILLION The following is a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office,Northern District of Illinois CHICAGO — A chiropractor who owned and operated a clinic in Maywood for more than a decade was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to healthcare […]
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), along with Congressman Lee Terry (R-NE) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), sent a letter to the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service (USPS) urging the agency to keep in mind the impact on local communities when considering the closing or consolidation of a rural mail facility. […]