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Postal Service plan to end Saturday delivery likely to affect business
The U.S. Postal Service's announcement that it plans to stop delivering most mail on Saturdays is likely to have an effect on the business world. The Postal Service said it made the announcement Wednesday -- about six months in advance of implementing a...
Tags: Sales, E-Commerce Industry, Financial and Business Services, Consumer Goods Industries, FedEx Corporation
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UPS plan to become European delivery powerhouse stymied
It was a promising plan while it lasted: United Parcel Service Inc. would send its brown-suited army scuttling throughout Europe after paying $6.8 billion to acquire Dutch delivery competitor TNT Express. But then the European Commission, the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, European Union, Europe, FedEx Corporation, Weaponry
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FedEx expects record shipping day with boost from online sales
With a little over two weeks left before Christmas, it's crunch time for shoppers –- and shippers too. FedEx is projecting that it will have its busiest shipping day of the year Monday, delivering an estimated 19 million packages worldwide and...
Tags: Cyber Monday, Black Friday (shopping), Amazon.com Inc., E-Commerce Industry, Holidays
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UPS goes European with $6.8 billion purchase of TNT Express
The United Parcel Service Inc.’s brown-suited hordes will have even more access to Europe once the delivery giant’s new $6.8 billion deal with Dutch company TNT Express goes through.
Hoofddorp, Netherlands-based TNT agreed to be bought by UPS...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Amazon.com Inc., Europe
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Online shopping: Better for the environment?
L.A. at HomeOnline shopping versus brick and mortar: Studies show that despite the packaging and delivery trucks associated with shopping online, it's usually still a greener way to shop than driving to a local brick and mortar store.... -
Companies fund projects to preserve Amazon rain forest
Deep in the Amazon, in a village accessible only by boat, river dwellers for generations have survived off fish, sparse crops and nuts from the forest.
Now they have a new resource: debit cards.
"If money increases, then life gets better," said...Tags: United Nations, Economy, Business and Finance, Forestry and Timber, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Merrill Lynch & Company Inc.
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Federal officials reject restrictions on night flights at Bob Hope Airport
L.A. NOWFederal officials today dealt a blow to a decades-long fight to restrict nighttime flights at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. The Federal Aviation Administration rejected a request by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority for a curfew. The FAA... -
A 'Brown Bailout' for UPS is more like a FedEx shackling
Top of the TicketWhat can brown do for you? Some think it should be: What can your government do for brown? Opposition to an otherwise innocuous reauthorization bill from the Federal Aviation Administration is showing up around the web. The United Parcel Service...... -
The reality of rationing
Opponents of the main Democratic proposals for healthcare reform warn that consumers would be stopped from getting the care they need when they need it. President Obama's plan is "rationing," one political strategist blogged. It's an unrealistic...Tags: Medicare, Health, FedEx Corporation, National Government, U.S. Postal Service
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Tending the future in rain forests
Brand XDeep in the Amazon, in a village accessible only by boat, river dwellers for generations have survived off fish, sparse crops and nuts from the forest.Now they have a new resource: debit cards. "If money increases, then life gets better," said Deodato... -
Airlines' fees for surfboards are dinging surfers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSwelling airline fees are wiping out traveling surfers' hopes of catching the next big wave. Some airlines are now charging surfers as much as $300 to take along a surfboard. That's significantly higher than the $15 fee that big carriers began charging...Tags: British Airways Plc, Business Trips, United Air Lines, FedEx Corporation, Los Angeles International Airport
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Presto, I'm a package! Magician: I was freight
A magician who claimed he transported himself in a crate aboard a cargo plane from upstate New York to Las Vegas and posted videos detailing the "trip" online now admits it was an elaborate hoax. "It was a publicity stunt right from the start," Wade...Tags: FBI, Entertainment, Trips and Vacations, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Stranger Than Fiction
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