Post Office

TIME What the public thinks about the Post office ending Saturday mail deliveryWashington PostThe postal service plans to continue Saturday delivery of packages, which remains a profitable and growing part of the delivery business. Post offices would remain open on Saturdays so that customers can drop off mail or packages, …

FedEx, UPS see no bounce from Post Office's moveBusinessweekCiti analyst Christian Wetherbee said closing some branch post offices would mean more to FedEx and UPS, because it could save them money on products that involve Postal Service delivery. FedEx offers SmartPost and UPS has SurePost. Both companies …and more » More: …

Kramer's solution to post office woes: 'I want out…permanently'Boston.comIn a 1997 episode of the TV comedy Seinfeld, Jerry's wacky neighbor, Kramer, decided he'd had enough of the endless piles of junk mail (mostly Pottery Barn catalogs), and marched down to the Post Office to opt out of mail entirely. Hilarity, …

The U.S. Postal Service plans to end Saturday mail delivery starting this summer to save about $2 billion a year and cut its losses now estimated at about $16 billion yearly. More: continued here

Post Office plans to stop Saturday mail deliveryNewsradio 620WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. In an announcement scheduled for … …

CBS News Lawmakers have "tied their hands" on Post Office action, Boehner saysCBS NewsResponding to the U.S. Postal Service's announcement today that it is ending most Saturday deliveries due to financial constraints, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, acknowledged Congress is "charged with running the Post Office" and said he hopes …

. The U.S. Postal Service plans to end Saturday mail delivery starting this summer to save about $2 billion a year and cut its losses now estimated at about $16 billion yearly. More: continued here

TIME The Post office is defying Congress by halting Saturday deliveries. But why?Washington Post (blog)The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it would stop delivering mail on Saturdays in an effort to save $2 billion per year and shore up its finances. Politically speaking, this is a bold move. In …

Tom Ward has been a fixture at the Winter Garden Post Office’s downtown branch since 1978 and has worked under four postmasters in those 35 years. Last Thursday was his final day behind the counter, and he divided his time between handling mail and saying good-bye to longtime customers. More: …

The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it would stop delivering mail on Saturdays in an effort to save $2 billion per year and shore up its finances. Politically speaking, this is a bold move. In the past, Congress has expressly forbidden USPS from cutting back delivery to five days …