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Forever Stamp hoarders: your investment just got a little more valuable

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 11, 2018
The price of these stamps will increase from 50 cents to 55 cents.
"Forever" first-class stamps.
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The post office may be losing money, but Amazon is not to blame

by Reema Khrais and Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 2, 2018
Packages from the e-commerce world have helped USPS see double-digit increases in revenue.
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Postal service may get green light for higher stamp prices

by Aaron Schrank
Aug 11, 2017
The U.S. Postal Service wants more freedom to raise the price of stamps. After a 10-year review, regulators at the Postal Regulatory Commission could give a decision on that request as soon as next month. This comes as USPS has lost money for the past 10 years straight. Click the audio player above to hear […]
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The Postal Service wants you, millennials

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 16, 2017
The agency still needs letter carriers, but the benefits aren't what they used to be.
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How the post office created America

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 27, 2016
A new book explains.
The postal service was around even before the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence.
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The logistics of returns

by Sally Herships
Dec 28, 2015
Mail carriers brace for the flood of holiday returns.
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Postal service faces holiday rush

by Noel King
Dec 14, 2015
Monday is the year's busiest mailing day, according to the U.S. Postal Service.
A Postal Service worker is viewed in lower Manhattan in New York City. Monday is the year's busiest mailing day according to the U.S. Postal Service.
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USPS can now send you pictures of your mail via email

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 8, 2015
You can now get a picture of your mail before actually receiving it .
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The financial backdrop to Postal Service union talks

by Annie Baxter
May 27, 2015
It's bleak.
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SubTropolis? Yeah, it's pretty underground

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 25, 2015
The largest industrial park in the world is in an unlikely place.
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