The price of a first-class U.S. postage stamp will increase to 44 cents beginning Monday, May 11. The new rate represents a two-cent increase and comes after the U.S. Postal Service conducted its annual review of service pricing. More: continued here
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Read More »Stamps to climb another 2 cents (Bureau County Republican)
If you haven’t stocked up on a few books of 42 cent-Forever stamps, now might be the time to do it. More: continued here
Read More »City Council votes to extend Bondurant post office lease (The Altoona Herald-Index)
Bondurant leaders are likely to approve on May 18 a deal with the United States Postal Service that would keep the city’s post office at its current location for three, five or even 10 more years. More: continued here
Read More »Mail Trends – Viapost – Hell Mail
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Read More »North MPs oppose Gordon Brown’s Royal Mail privatisation plan (The Journal)
GORDON Brown remains on a collision course with his own party over privatising the Royal Mail with a dozen North Labour MPs opposing the plan. More: continued here
Read More »Ask The Times: Postage stamps (The Ottawa Times)
Q. When does the price of postage stamps increase?What will the new cost be? A. On Monday, the price for a 1-ounce First-Class Mail stamp will increase from 42 cents to 44 cents, according to the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here
Read More »Post office has $1.9 billion loss in quarter (Deseret News)
The post office was $1.9 billion in the red for the second quarter of the fiscal year and continues to face the possibility… More: continued here
Read More »Stamps going up (The Clarksdale Press Register)
United States postage stamps and other services will go up in price beginning Monday, May 11, 2009, according to an announcement from the Postmaster General. More: continued here
Read More »Leegin/Ebay decision – Blast
Leegin/Ebay decisionBlast, MA – Michael KaufmannPSKS, the Supreme Court decided (and I'm paraphrasing here with my decidedly non-legal background) to allow for a new standard of stricter enforcement of minimum retail prices to which both online stores and individual people — ebay sellers included … More: continued here
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