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"We don't expect five-day 
delivery to go anywhere in the next year, because there isn't a big flow of support for it in either party," Lyons says.

While getting into new lines of business may seem a logical route, a major paradigm shift to banking and insurance (commonly transacted at international postal services) is unlikely due to federal regulatory constraints. Sundry offerings along the lines of the USPS' greeting card business are more realistic.