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| Parcel sector lone bright spot in USPS's dismal 10-year outlook
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| 3/09/2010 12:22 PM |
| Parcel sector lone bright spot in USPS's dismal 10-year outlook
Gains in package traffic won't be enough to offset decline in overall mail volumes, study says.
By Mark B. Solomon
The U.S. Postal Service is projected to handle 1 billion more parcels 10 years from now than it does today, but parcel growth won't nearly offset the expected significant losses in overall mail volumes during that time, according to a multiyear forecast prepared for the p... |
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| FedEx labor bill battle on horizon
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| 3/07/2010 04:27 PM |
| FedEx labor bill battle on horizon
Congress closer to resolving controversial drivers issue
By Bartholomew Sullivan
Posted March 7, 2010 at midnight
A three-year battle to pass an FAA reauthorization bill — which could affect FedEx labor practices — is expected to move to the floor of the Senate this week.
WASHINGTON — The high-stakes endgame in a three-year battle to pass a multiyear Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bill is exp... |
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| FedEx Ally Blocks Aviation Measure in Fight With UPS (Update1)
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| 3/07/2010 04:24 PM |
| FedEx Ally Blocks Aviation Measure in Fight With UPS (Update1)
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Bob Corker, who represents FedEx Corp.’s home state of Tennessee, said he will block legislation funding the Federal Aviation Administration because a provision may be added later making it easier for workers at the company to join unions.
Corker’s action extends a years-long fight in Washington between the mostly non-union FedEx and its unionized riv... |
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| Screening Of All U.S.-Bound Air Cargo Still Years Away
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| 3/07/2010 04:21 PM |
| Screening Of All U.S.-Bound Air Cargo Still Years Away
Friday, March 5, 2010
By Chris Strohm
WASHINGTON -- It could take the Homeland Security Department another two years to ensure that all cargo is screened for weapons of mass destruction before being flown into the United States on passenger airplanes, much longer than originally estimated, a senior department official told lawmakers Thursday (see GSN, March 19, 2009).
A 2007 law that Democ... |
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| Orr: UPS, FedEx side with wine in beer battle
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| 3/07/2010 04:18 PM |
| Orr: UPS, FedEx side with wine in beer battle
Boise retailer has found that out the hard way
By Patrick Orr - porr@idahostatesman.com
Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman
Brewforia owner Rick Boyd, a Boise-based Internet beer retailer, is shifting the emphasis of his business in retail with his store at 435 N. Milwaukee. Last month, UPS notified Boyd they would no longer deliver customer orders for beer.
Hey, craft beer enthusiasts - how tired are you of ... |
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