ALSO. . .

The U.S. Postal Service made a $1.3-billion profit in 1997, the third year in a row it finished more than $1 billion in the black. . . . Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. agreed to buy a substantial stake in Nantucket Nectars, as the nation’s largest maker of bottled and canned juices seeks to build sales of exotic-fruit beverages. Terms were undisclosed.