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DHL Will Cut 9,500 Jobs, Stop Domestic US Service

German firm shutters DHL Express service centers as its competition gets the better

Associated Press Associated Press Nov 10, 08 10:07 AM CST
(AP) - Deutsche Post will close all of its DHL Express service centers, cut 9,500 jobs in the US, and eliminate US-only domestic shipping by land and air, the company said today, citing heavy losses and fierce competition with UPS and FedEx. The company said the new round of cuts are on top of another 5,400 layoffs it already announced. More »

More about:  Germany • layoffs • job cuts • shipping • FedEx • mail • United Parcel Service Inc. • DHL • Deutsche Post

 Ringo Warns Fans to Get Back 

Ex-Beatle says he's too busy to read mail, so quit sending it

BBC BBC Oct 13, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ringo Starr says he's too busy to sign autographs and won't do it anymore, the BBC reports. The ex-Beatle—who's apparently had enough adoration for one lifetime—promises to throw away all incoming mail, effective Oct. 20. “I’m warning you with peace and love I have too much to do,” the 68-year-old drummer whines in a video on his website. "No more fan mail and no objects to be signed. Nothing." More »

More about:  mail • Ringo Starr • The Beatles • autographs

Post Office
Lost $1B in
3rd Quarter

Rising fuel costs, decline in volume add
to US mail's woes

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 6, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(AP) - The Postal Service recorded a net loss of more than $1 billion in the third quarter of the fiscal year, the agency said today. Officials blamed reduced mail volume in the slowed economy, coupled with rapidly rising transport costs because of high fuel prices. More »

More about:  mail • US Postal Service • post office

 Mailman Wants to Wear a Kilt 

Carrier advocates for the right to wear a MUG

Boston Globe Boston Globe Jul 21, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dean Peterson likes kilts. In fact, the 48-year-old Air Force vet and mail carrier owns 15 of them, and he's on a one-man crusade to persuade the USPS to allow carriers to wear kilts on the job, the Boston Globe reports. He’s contacted every postal union branch in the country to make the case for Male Unbifurcated Garments, or MUGs. More »

More about:  labor unions • clothing • unions • mail • US Postal Service • uniforms • comfort • kilt • postal

Skinheads Dupe German Mail, Make Stamp
of Nazi Hero

They use image of Hitler deputy Hess

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel May 21, 08 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neo-Nazis in Germany pulled a fast one on the national postal service by tricking the agency into making stamps featuring one of Hitler’s senior deputies, der Spiegel reports. The skinheads used a Deutsche Post service that allows people to upload images for custom stamps online to create about 20 with images of Rudolph Hess. "The Hess stamp is out there," gloated one magazine. Deutsche Post says it's reviewing its policies. More »

More about:  Germany • Nazi • Adolf Hitler • Neo-Nazi • mail • stamps • Deutsche Post

Stamp Price to Hit 42 Cents on Monday

First hike under a new law makes USPS more 'business-like'

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times May 10, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a run on the post office today as Americans snap up first class stamps before they cost a penny more on Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports. If the 42-cent price seems insignificant, just think of Netflix, which sends and receives nearly 2 million parcels a day, and pays both ways. More »

More about:  mail • US Postal Service • free markets • price increases • stamps

1st-Class Stamp Price to Rise 1¢

Postal service hikes cost more easily under new system

Associated Press Associated Press Feb 11, 08 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - First-class snail mail will cost a penny more starting May 12, the US Postal Service announced today. Stamps are going up to 42¢, as is the Forever stamp, which was billed as a hedge against future first-class rate increases when it was introduced last year. The 41¢ Forevers will still work after the rate hike. More »

More about:  mail • price • US Postal Service • price increases • stamps • cost

Potty-Mouthed 'Santa' Letters Horrify Canada

'Filthy' correspondence leads to suspension of volunteer program

Ottawa Citizen Dec 14, 07 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Letters from Santa distributed to at least 10 children in Ottawa are smearing the good name of jolly old St. Nick, the Citizen reports: They contain vulgar messages written by an unidentified “rogue elf.” The head of Canada Post says the country's postal service is "shocked and heartbroken" by the letters, which have shut down the Write to Santa program. More »

More about:  children • Canada • letters • prank • mail • Santa Claus

Is the Writing on the Wall for Letter Writing?

Teens call snail mail passé, but etiquette expert defends the pen

CNET CNET Aug 26, 07 6:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A quarter of teens call snail mail the most passé way to convey in 2007. But the great-granddaughter of an etiquette doyenne wants to rescue letters before the 'Net makes them extinct. She says ink on paper still carries “more weight” than email, not to mention leaving a permanent record. "Consider the 'Letters of Emily Dickinson,'” said Cindy Post Senning. “What if she had e-mail?" More »

More about:  Internet • email • letters • communication • mail • etiquette

Death Threats Sent to
Goldman Sachs

'We are inside. You cannot stop us,' read anonymous letters

Newsday Newsday Jul 6, 07 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs has been the subject of menacing letters sent to newspapers across the country, prompting an investigation by the FBI. "Hundreds will die,"  warn the  letters that have been traced back to Queens, New York. "We are inside. You cannot stop us." More »

More about:  New York City • New York • FBI • Goldman Sachs • investment bank • letters • threats • investments • death threats • mail • Newark • investment firm • Queens

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