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This week's US Postal Service announcement that it is ending Saturday mail delivery - without the direct OK of Congress - leaves direct mail and commercial printing industries in limbo.

Consolidated Graphics (CGX) cited an increase in both digital and election year print spending as it reported Q3 net income up 32.4% to $16.9m on a 4% revenue rise to $295.3m.

Parents will be able to share 52-weeks leave following the birth of a child, under new reforms published today in the Children and Families Bill.

KBA has announced a 2.5% price increase for its sheetfed offset presses, effective from 15 April 2013.

Komori UK has promoted Steve Turner to director of sheetfed sales.

A hefty 12.5% hike in landfill tax due to come in this April could cost printers thousands of pounds a year, J&G Environmental has warned.

Triangle's aftermarket inks for the Oc Arizona and Fujifilm Acuity flatbed printers, promising inks cost savings of 50%, have been launched in the UK.

EFI is anticipating an uptick in its cyclical Fiery business driven by new product launches, including a new Xerox device that was "secretly" shown at last months' EFI Connect user conference.

Printers responding to the BPIF's latest <i>Printing Outlook</i> survey reported no change in domestic order levels in Q4 2012 with similar predictions for Q1 2013.

Essex-based finishing company Finco has invested in a unit to create side seals along the vertical edges of newsstand publications.

De La Rue has highlighting increased competition and pricing pressure in the banknote paper market as it revealed that full year paper volumes are expected to be down 18% on 2011/12.