LIBERALIZATION IN EUROPE STILL STOP AND GO GERMAN RULINGS GIVE MIXED SIGNALS Berlin court says the German postal minimum wage violates the German constitution. In an upset victory which will be appealed by Deutsche Post, Dutch mail competitor TNT won a ruling against being forced to pay a €9.80 hourly rate to...

As if taking its cues from the world of exclusive nightclubs, the U.S. Postal Service has declared that you have to be “in the know” to get the best value for your mailing dollar. Consumers who mail certain printed materials are just learning that the traditional discounted rate for “bound printed...

EUROPEAN LIBERALIZATION DELAYED AGAIN Opening of postal markets officially pushed back. A committee of the 27-member European Commission granted EC members a new two-year delay – from 2009 to 2011 for 13 countries and to 2013 for 12 new member states, along with Luxembourg and Greece – in opening their postal...