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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...
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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: Weaponry, FedEx Corporation, Europe, European Union, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Weaponry, Economy, Business and Finance, Amazon.com Inc., Companies and Corporations, FedEx Corporation
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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: Forests, American Electric Power Company Incorporated, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Arts and Culture, Natural Resources
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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: Insurance, FedEx Corporation, National Government, Private Health Care, Social Issues
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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... -
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: Travel, FBI, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Stranger Than Fiction, Transportation
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UPS has found ways to work in traffic
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLos Angeles has some of the most congested streets and highways in the nation, but Gil Cordova, a veteran driver for United Parcel Service, is rarely stuck in traffic. The country's largest delivery company plans it that way. The shortest, most...Tags: Travel, Gaming, Vehicles, Trips and Vacations, Death
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Ron Carey dies at 72; Teamsters president ousted amid financial scandal
Associated PressRon Carey, a former president of the Teamsters who pledged to rid the union of mob corruption but was later forced from leadership in a financial scandal, has died. He was 72. Carey died Thursday at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens of...Tags: Crimes, Diseases and Illnesses, Justice System, Elections, AFL-CIO
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