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4/26/2013
April 2013
The Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) two main deliberative bodies, the Postal Operations Council and the Council of Administration, met in Berne this month to begin action on policies approved at last October’s UPU Congress in Doha. The agenda included hundreds of
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12/15/2010
Executive Summary
In FY 2010, the U.S. Postal Service lost $8.5 billion -- more than its two previous annual losses combined. The Service has lost money in every quarter except one since the first quarter of 2008. Revenue
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9/16/2010
The Washington Times, Letter to the Editor
If a recent analysis by its Inspector General is correct (“Priority Mail Ads Don’t Fit Cost Audit,” September 9), than the Postal Service has been illegally overcharging its monopoly customers millions
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9/16/2010
Executive Summary
The U.S. Postal Service lost $3.5 billion in the third quarter of FY 2010. USPS says that it has lost money in 14 of the last 16 quarters. Operating revenue declined by $294 million, or 1.8 percent, relative
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8/10/2010
Philadelphia Daily News
The Postal Service recently announced it would seek to raise stamp prices to 46 cents in 2011. The agency claims the 4.5-percent rate hike is necessary to help cover the nearly quarter-trillion-dollar
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6/17/2010
Executive Summary
The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.58 billion in the second quarter of FY 2010. USPS says that it has experienced negative operating results in 13 of the last 15 quarters. Operating revenue declined by $241
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3/8/2010
USA Today
Last Tuesday, Postmaster General John Potter outlined a rescue plan for the U.S. Postal Service, which is predicted to lose $238 billion over the next decade. “The crisis we’re facing gives us an historic
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3/2/2010
Executive Summary
The U.S. Postal Service suffered a net loss of $297 million in the first quarter of FY 2010. The loss represents a slight improvement over the loss posted in Q1 FY 2009. Total mail revenue declined by
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