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U.S. Postal Service Plans to Stop Saturday Delivery

Lori Crofford — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:23:33 +0000

You know “Video Killed the Radio Star”, well email killed the post office. It seems that the U.S. Postal Service plans to make some drastic cuts and that includes something that could be an inconvenience to you. The U.S. Postal Service plans on announcing this afternoon about some major cuts to keep the industry afloat. [...]

The U.S. Postal Service Faces Bankruptcy

Rick Andrews — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:35:12 +0000

They say neither snow, nor rain, sleet or hail can't stop the U.S. Post Office, but how about the possibility of bankruptcy?

Because so many people are sending letters through emails, texts and having packages shipped through other sources, the Postal Service is doing something that hasn't been done in over 40 years.

They will be making cuts to first-class mail delivery, which will do away with the overnight letter. It's estimated that this cost-cutting will save the Postal Service an estimated $3 billion dollars.

Netflix Scraps Idea for Qwikster DVD-by-Mail Service

Shauna Wright — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:31:21 +0000

Netflix has been doing so much backpedaling lately, it’s surprising the company hasn’t adopted a bicycle for its logo.

In the most recent reversal, Netflix announced Monday that it’s scrapping a plan to split its streaming and DVD-by-mail services into two different companies and would instead keep both under the Netflix name. The abandoned idea would’ve seen the mailed DVD service take on the name Qwikster, with a separate website and separate billing.