That wasn't nearly enough to make up for a 3.1% decline in first-class mail, still the main revenue driver.

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The Postal Service said it would end Saturday first-class mail delivery beginning Aug. 5 in an effort to curb losses.

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The U.S. Postal Service is moving forward with plans to make cuts to its first-class mail next spring, as it shutters about half of its 487 mail processing centers.

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Now the 700 residents are fighting a new menace: the crisis enveloping the 236-year-old postal service, which is bleeding cash as technology erodes volumes of first-class mail and raising questions about whether traditional mail is going the way of the buggy whip.

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Regis Bahia Beach Resort (Puerto Rico) welcomes tax-stressed travelers to island time with a complimentary Rum Punch along with first-class style mail service courtesy of the St.

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Charges taken in connection to a mandate to prefund retiree health care drove the loss in the latest quarter, but declining first-class and advertising mail volume were a drag on revenue.

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DVDs are delivered free to subscribers by first class mail, with a postage-paid return envelope, from 58 distribution centers.

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What might be less obvious is that it has been asking for permission to do that since 2009, during which time total mail volume has fallen more than 5% and First-Class volume has drop by more than 12%.

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Other parts of Wales made it into the Royal Mail's top 20 best areas - in mid Wales, more than 92% of first class letters are delivered on time.

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