Post office makeover

Is the U.S. Postal Service headed for the dead letter office? Without help from Uncle Sam, some drastic changes are in order.

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The more we pay bills online and send e-cards, the more it hurts the U.S. Postal Service, which last fiscal year lost $5.1 billion. Now it must cut some $20 billion. Here's how the USPS plans to do it.


Source: USPS, UPS, FedEx
By Alex Konrad, reporter @FortuneMagazine - Last updated December 07 2011: 6:07 AM ET
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What to do with the postal service

Just about everyone knows that the postal service needs a makeover. The real challenge is in pushing reform through the legislative system.

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