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International Postal Update — April 2010

International Postal Update / Consumer Postal Council

April 1, 2010

POSTS ADAPT BY EMBRACING NON-POSTAL PURSUITS TAX EQUALIZATION FOR DEUTSCHE POST Deutsche Post lost its fight to keep its exemption from Germany's value-added tax (VAT). The upper house of parliament approved legislation scrapping the exemption March 26. Beginning in July 2010, DP must begin paying VAT. German media had claimed that...

CPC’s Don Soifer on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “At Issue with Ben Merens”

Don Soifer / Wisconsin Public Radio

March 31, 2010

To listen to Don Soifer on Wisconsin Public Radio's "At Issue with Ben Merens," please download the interview by clicking below. Download attachment(s): Don_Soifer_on_WI_Public_Radio.mp3...

The U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress

Kevin R. Kosar / Congressional Research Service

March 17, 2010

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USPS Annual Compliance Report, 2009

USPS / Postal Regulatory Commission

December 29, 2009

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International Postal Update — January 2010

International Postal Update / Consumer Postal Council

December 22, 2009

POSTAL PRIVATIZATION PUSH SLOWING WORLDWIDE PRIVATIZATION OF JAPAN POST HALTED The ruling Democratic Party of Japan enacted a new law on December 5 which effectively put a freeze on the planned sale of shares in Japan Post Holdings Co. This measure represents one of the DPJ's first major policy initiatives since winning...