United Parcel Service News

A joint investigation between officials from Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area resulted in the arrest of a package delivery driver on Friday shortly before noon, according to officials.

Fit and with chiseled good looks, he was the picture of a "squared-away" Marine Corps officer.

United Parcel Service will increase ground-shipment rates in 2010 by 4.9 percent, less than this year, as volume drops.

United Parcel Service is bracing for the holiday rush. The company plans to hire more than 1,000 temporary employees in New Jersey to handle the surge of deliveries expected during the month of December.

When Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced its $34 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Sante Fe , Buffett remarked that it was a big bet on the long-term recovery of the U.S. economic system.

CHARLOTTE - Spartan Motors Inc. is moving into the commercial vehicles market with the acquisition of Wakarusa, Ind.-based Utilimaster Corp.

Georgia's largest companies are flush with cash as cautious CEOs build a capital cushion and others look for expansion opportunities.

UPS has earned the top score in the consumer shipping sector of the annual "Climate Counts" scorecard and also was rated No.

From Thanksgiving to Christmas, United Parcel Service of America Inc. expects to deliver about 400 million packages worldwide, with most of them in North America, representing a slight increase over last year's holiday shopping season, a spokeswoman says.

United Parcel Service Inc. Monday gave $10,000 to the Oldham County Police Department to pay for accident investigation equipment.

United Parcel Service Inc said on Monday that it would handle more packages during this year's holiday season than it did last year.

Major U.S. airlines negotiating insurance renewals during the fourth quarter face a market that has hardened significantly since a year ago, brokers say.

The package-delivery giant is set to serve up outsized earnings in the next economic upcycle, due in part to its growing global presence.

SINGAPORE: DHL, a unit of Deutsche Post, expects a normal peak season for global trade in the final weeks of this year, the CEO of DHL's global forwarding and freight business said in an interview yesterday.

Wall Street was set to open higher on Wednesday as better-than-expected economic data from China and comments from Federal Reserve officials on continued low interest rates buoyed investors' appetite for riskier investments.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher opening on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.9 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.8 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.8 percent at 4:54 a.m. EST.

United Parcel Service Inc, the world's largest package delivery service, expects growth in its volumes next year as the global economy gradually recovers, its chief said on Wednesday.

" Notices have been sent out to approximately 3,000 franchisees of Mail Boxes Etc.

Vehicle remarketing services company Manheim hired United Parcel Service Inc. to oversee its entire supply chain for moving millions of used vehicles each year to the wholesale market.

A Youngstown man charged with having up to 10 pounds of marijuana delivered to a Farrell home has asked a judge to suppress evidence in the case.