POSTAL OPERATORS HIT BY FINANCIAL CRISIS ECONOMY IMPERILS POSTAL LIBERALIZATION? Tumultuous 4th quarter puts pressure on reform initiatives. Q4 financial estimates have sent both government and private mail operators into crisis mode. Initially, skyrocketing fuel costs disrupted the plans of fuel-dependent mail operators. Although...
DOWNTURN BRINGS TURBULENCE TO EUROPEAN POSTS ROYAL MAIL'S LEADER STEPS DOWN Royal Mail Chairman Allan Leighton announced that he would be stepping down from his role by March 2009. Leighton has been head of the British postal operator since March 2002. Leighton's successor will...
The observations made by Postal Board of Governors Chairman Alan Kessler in Congressional testimony last year put the Postal Service’s economic situation in apt perspective. “First-Class Mail, particularly single piece First-Class Mail, is no longer growing steadily,” he said. “Standard Mail,...
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION FACES TOUGH AGENDA UPU CONGRESS CONVENES IN GENEVA Member nations are preparing for the 24th Universal Postal Congress, from July 23 to August 12 in Geneva. Delegates from the UPU’s 191 member countries will deliberate issues facing the global postal sector....
The U.S. Postal Service has announced that it will raise its prices again on May 12, after losing $5 billion last year. This represents the second rate hike in as many years. It’s also a step toward the annual price increases the...