WASHINGTON (AP) – The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion a year. More: continued here
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Reuters Blogs (blog) The Post Office gets tough with CongressReuters Blogs (blog)The latest move from the Post Office is a bold one: to abolish Saturday delivery unilaterally, starting August 1. This is a bit like Citicorp announcing that it was merging with Travelers: it's illegal, but that's not going to …
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Post office hours cut at Ft. Thompson, PukwanaChamberlain Oacoma SunPost office hours at Fort Thompson and Pukwana will be changing, though officials with the U.S. Postal Service do not know when the offices' hours will take affect. The Fort Thompson and Pukwana post offices are two of the eight area …
Read More »Mid-Morning Market Update: Post Office to Stop Saturday Deliveries, Boise … – Benzinga
Mid-Morning Market Update: Post Office to Stop Saturday Deliveries, Boise …BenzingaMaking headlines Wednesday morning was the US Postal Service's decision to discontinue its Saturday service in August of this year. The decision will have wide ranging effects, hurting companies that rely on daily delivery such as Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX … …
Read More »Baileyton post office adjusting hours – Cullman Times Online
Baileyton post office adjusting hoursCullman Times OnlineOn the list was keeping the Post Office open with realigned weekday window services, roadside mailbox delivery, outsource the operations to a village post office, such as a local retailer, library, or town hall, or be provided P.O. Box services via … More: continued …
Read More »Post office to end Saturday delivery – Russellville Courier
Post office to end Saturday deliveryRussellville CourierThe post office's losses have continued to widen and are estimated at $25 million a day. Mail volume is down 26 percent from its 2006 peak. To pay bills and keep the mail moving, the postal service has had to skip $11.1 billion of …
Read More »Post office to end Saturday mail service – Chicago Tribune
Bloomberg Post office to end Saturday mail serviceChicago TribuneWASHINGTON — The Postal Service is planning to drop Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August, a congressional source said on Wednesday. The cash-strapped mail agency will still deliver packages, said the source, who is familiar with the matter …Post Office Cuts …
Read More »Post Office to end Saturday mail delivery
Mail on Saturdays may soon go the way of the Pony Express. The U.S. Postal Service announced they will be ending Saturday… More: continued here
Read More »Post Office to stop delivering mail on Saturdays – Allentown Morning Call
Post Office to stop delivering mail on SaturdaysAllentown Morning CallThe U.S. Postal Service is expected to announce Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays to cut costs, but it will continue delivering packages on Saturdays, the Associated Press reports. The decision has been discussed for years with … More: …
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The cut is expected to begin in August. More: continued here
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