EUROPE COMPETITION DELAYED BRUSSELS DEADLINE MAY SLIP TWO YEARS Full European postal deregulation may now come later than many had hoped. In June, the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee backed a plan calling for national postal monopolies to expire by December 31, 2010, rather than by the end of 2008. Some...
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Most Americans will likely shrug their shoulders when stamp prices jump from 39 to 41 cents this week [May 14]. After all, we already have the consumer-friendly "Forever Stamp." And what's 41 cents when many of us could easily spend three or four bucks on a lukewarm cup of foamy...
LIBERALIZATION SHAKES UP UK In the deregulated UK mail market, state-owned Royal Mail and one of its main competitors, TNT Post, the Netherlands' former state-owned mail carrier, are in a heated battle over pricing. TNT is a Royal Mail customer as well as a competitor, with Royal Mail obliged to deliver...
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