What news do you want first? I’ll start with the other news, so we can end on a positive
note. 
Did you know…
DHL has discontinued U.S. domestic services. DHL, the overnight shipping service provider, no longer provides domestic-only air and ground services. Other overnight document shipping services have recently increased their rates, and there’s a [...]

I knew that we weren’t the first to try to accelerate the delivery of documents using ‘high tech’ means. As a matter of fact, a bunch of folks had the idea for REALLY fast mail delivery starting over 70 years ago…  
Using ROCKETS!

April 21, 1931: Friedrich Schmiedl launched the first rocket mail (V-7 rocket) with [...]

First, the bad news: FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced record rate increases which began January 5, 2009.
Now, the good news: DocuSign offers companies a simple way to slash recurring express shipping expenses and accelerate business. We’re continuing our “Beat Rate Increases”  program through March 31, 2009. Through this program, you can send [...]

As I mentioned in my post earlier this month on the high-cost of overnight shipping, the players in that market are in trouble. It hasn’t taken long for the impact of higher fuel prices to manifest itself at FedEx, the carrier most dependent on its overnight letter business.
When it costs $55 to send a contract [...]

I don’t like paying $4 a gallon for gasoline – nobody does… But unless you are pilot you probably have not looked at the U.S. Spot price for Jet Fuel.  As of today, it sits at more than $4.00 per gallon for the US Gulf coast.
I am sure the execs at FedEx are looking! 
The reason [...]