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The Post Office will deliver Amazon purchases on Sunday, starting this week in New York and Los Angeles, under a deal announced Monday. The USPS Sunday deliveries are not expected to impact FedEx. More: continued here

Amazon Adding Sunday Delivery… by the Post OfficeBloombergNov. 11 (Bloomberg) — Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service are teaming up to offer Sunday delivery, as the world's biggest online retailer seeks to broaden its reach by getting packages to customers on any day of the week. Betty Liu reports on …

Amazon Teams Up With Post Office, and MoreWall Street JournalWhat's News: Amazon will begin delivering packages on Sundays with help of the U.S. Postal Service. Shire is buying ViroPharma for $4.2 billion. Survivors of Supertyphoon Haiyan in the Philippines are desperately waiting for aid to reach them. Joanne …and more » …

Amazon.com this weekend began a new partnership with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver online orders from the world's largest Internet retailer on Sundays for the first time. More: continued here

Amazon.com to offer Sunday delivery in the US through US Postal ServicePCWorldAmazon is making online shopping even more enticing with the addition of Sunday deliveries, and even better, Amazon Prime members can take advantage of the new shipping availability as part of the free two-day shipping option that comes bundled …

Amazon, post office will deliver on SundaysSan Jose Mercury NewsNEW YORK — Amazon says it is teaming up with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages on Sundays. The Seattle company says Sunday delivery will be available to Amazon Prime members in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas …

Amazon, US Post Office team up for Sunday deliveriesPCWorldAmazon is making online shopping even more enticing with the addition of Sunday deliveries, and even better, Amazon Prime members can take advantage of the new shipping availability as part of the free two-day shipping option that comes bundled with … More: continued …

How Amazon Saved the Post OfficeTheStreet.com"As online shopping continues to increase, the Postal Service is very happy to offer shippers like Amazon the option of having packages delivered on Sunday," said Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer in the press release. More: continued here

Can the US Post Office be saved?Fox BusinessTHE POST OFFICE IS THE GOVERNMENT AT ITS WORST, BECAUSE IT IS OPERATED ON THE BASIS OF POLITICAL DECISIONS RATHER THAN ECONOMIC DECISIONS. STUART: RIGHT. >> FOR EXAMPLE, UPS AND FedEx CANNOT LAWFULLY …and more » More: continued here

Amazon Convinces U.S. Postal Service to Start Making Sunday DeliveriesAllThingsDA statement from the Post Office suggests that the service may not be limited to Amazon. “As online shopping continues to increase, the Postal Service is very happy to offer shippers like Amazon the option of having packages delivered on Sunday,” …