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The math behind tracking holiday packages
Dec 17, 2012
So how do all those packages really get from point A to point B anyway?
Shippers still seeking seasonal workers
Nov 30, 2012
Online retailers and shippers say that despite high unemployment, they have unfilled temporary positions.
Weak earnings drag down stock market
Oct 24, 2012
Just in time for Halloween something has Wall Street spooked. Yesterday, the Dow fell by more than 200 points for the second time in three trading days.
FedEx to acquire Brazilian shipper
May 30, 2012
Despite global economic woes and nervous markets, FedEx announced today that it will purchase the Brazilian shipper Rapidao Cometa Logistica e Transportes for $6.8 billion.
UPS buys Dutch shipping rival for $6.8 billion
by
Scott Tong
Mar 19, 2012
The U.S. shipping giant said Monday it will acquire Europe's No. 2 delivery company, TNT Express, in effort to expand its global reach.
What UPS earnings signal about the economy
Jan 31, 2012
UPS earnings are out today. The company serves as a bellwether stock because as the economy improves, it sells -- and ships -- more items.
Brown goes green
by
Eve Troeh
Dec 19, 2011
UPS new chief sustainability officer rings in holiday environmental goals.
For public good, not for profit.
MID-DAY UPDATE: Jobless claims, Suez Canal workers' strike, NYSE merger
Feb 10, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department this morning announced weekly jobless claims fell to 383,000, the lowest level in nearly three years....
On mailing champagne flutes
by
Kai Ryssdal
Nov 29, 2010
This final note today: A helpful tip as you get those holiday packages ready to ship off to relatives. Whatever you do, don't mark it "fragile."...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Economic news bad. Stock prices good.
by
Bill Radke
Jul 22, 2010
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Sales of previously occupied homes fell in June; new unemployment benefit plans rose. Yet at this writing, Wall Street's jumping. What d...