1.   The officials have said employees who stamp prices on store items could serve customers better working elsewhere in the store.

2.   The Postal Service is threatening to end six-day deliveries and to hike stamp prices.

3.   Without a government monopoly, private postal systems would scramble to survive with sky-high stamp prices, abandoned rural routes, reduced services and chaotic competitive delivery systems.

4.   He declined to comment on suggestions Deutsche Post might propose cutting stamp prices.

5.   It has blamed everything from low stamp prices and the popularity of mobile phone text messaging to past governments raiding its profits.

6.   The Communication Workers Union, which organized the demonstration, says that would lead to higher stamp prices and job losses.

7.   The company has admitted its steep money losses and blamed everything from low stamp prices and the mobile phone text messaging phenomenon to past governments raiding its profits.

8.   The federal cabinet, which still regulates basic stamp prices, first delayed the increase.

9.   The Postal Service is getting ready to kick off the complex process of raising rates, a step that could mean higher stamp prices early next year.