Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe announced Wednesday morning that the U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver mail on Saturdays as of August. "The Postal Service is advancing an important new approach to delivery that reflects the strong growth of our package business and responds to the financial realities resulting from …

The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion, the financially struggling agency says. More: continued here

Postal Service says it plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays, but will deliver packages six days a week. More: continued here

CALABASAS, Calif., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — TradeMotion, LLC, a leader in eCommerce solutions for automotive parts from dealers and manufacturers, is the latest company to launch a successful, online, … More: continued here

The service, which lost $15.9 billion last year, said it would continue six-day deliveries of packages, deliver mail to post-office boxes and keep open retail locations that now operate on Saturdays. More: continued here

KSTP.com Seen any vacant post offices lately?Washington ExaminerOfficials with the United States Postal Service operate one of the largest commercial property operations in the country, including thousands of acres of vacant land that just sits there, according to the USPS Inspector General.Historic Chelsea Post Office Up for Sale, USPS SaysDNAinfoMoapa …

East Anglian Daily Times Sudbury: Pleas for Royal Mail to reinstate postboxEast Anglian Daily TimesShe said the Royal Mail collections team would need to assess a policy which states that, as a minimum in each postcode area where there are no less than 200 delivery points per square kilometre, at …

SINCE their postbox disappeared without warning last September, the people living on a Sudbury housing estate have mounted a spirited challenge to win it back. More: continued here

Stamps shore up receiver depth with Jeffers-HarrisCalgary HeraldThe Stamps have also added rookie linebacker Demetri Stewart, a Northern Michigan product, and released defensive lineman Chris McCoy so he can officially sign with the National Football League Philadelphia Eagles. McCoy was eligible to test CFL free …and more » More: continued here

Royal Mail drafts in Tulchan Communications to lead privatisation briefPRWeek UKRoyal Mail's incumbent agency Brunswick has been retained as its day-to-day corporate PR adviser and will work alongside Tulchan through the privatisation process. Brunswick is understood to have pitched for the transaction-specific financial PR brief …and more » More: continued here