Government-Imposed Advantages and Burdens on the Postal Service’s Competitive Products: Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right
July 30, 2007Download attachment(s): July_07_IRET_BLTN-91_1.pdf_1.pdf...
Policy Leaders Call for Lifting the U.S. Postal Service’s Mailbox Monopoly
July 2, 2007Policy Leaders Call for Lifting the U.S. Postal Service’s Mailbox Monopoly For Immediate Release – July 2, 2007 Arlington, VA – In a public filing today with the Federal Trade Commission, 6 prominent policy leaders called for lifting the U.S. Postal Service’s monopoly on the use of mailboxes. “We believe that the mailbox...
International Postal Update – Europe Competition Delayed
July 1, 2007EUROPE 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...
FFPI Statement on Final EU Liberalization Date
June 1, 2007Download attachment(s): FFPI_June_07_PostalSector_JPfinal_3105.pdf...
Please, Mr. Postman: 41 Cent Stamp Helps Clutter Your Mailbox
May 12, 2007Most 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...