United Parcel Service News

NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 6, 2009 Ten years after its Initial Public Offering, UPS marked the anniversary today as its chief executive officer returned to the Big Apple to ring the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange.

November 06, 2009 CSX Corporation at $47.44 on a volume of 706,241 shares In a press release on November 06, CSX Becomes First Transportation Provider to Join Maryland Green Registry CAMBRIDGE, Md., Nov 06, 2009 CSX is the first transportation provider selected to join the Maryland Green Registry, a voluntary self-certification program that ...

United Parcel Service Inc. and Fed-Ex Corp. have benefited from runway extensions at several airports funded in part by federal earmarks.

For nine years, Texans in Congress have been steering federal money to a Fort Worth airport with no passenger flights.

ToolBank USA received a $135,000 from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS .

United Parcel Service Inc. ended its six-month search for a new global advertising firm, picking Ogilvy to handles global advertising, relationship marketing and digital activities.

Package delivery rivals FedEx Corp and United Parcel Service faced off for the first time over a bill pending in Congress that would change FedEx workers' labor laws, setting out their positions in a debate on Tuesday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A United Parcel Service employee is facing charges for allegedly stealing guns from shipments and selling at least one on the street.

TheStreet.com UPS on mend, but holiday view unclear UPS trucks leave the Olympic Hub near downtown Los Angeles, in this July, 2007, file photo.

A United Parcel Service employee was charged today with stealing three guns from shipments, one of which was sold on the street for $300, police said.

This volume was 2.5 times the security's average of 3,843 contracts. The bulk of this volume changed hands at the stock's December 60 put, which had volume of 2,560 contracts.

As this country becomes more and more populated, the odds are pretty good that the number of packages being shipped will increase.

United Parcel Service said third-quarter profit fell 43 percent as the recession weighed on demand for domestic package-delivery shipments.

United Parcel Service reported third-quarter earnings per share of $0.55, topping the consensus estimate of $0.52. Revenue, operating profit, and package volume were down, and earnings were boosted by aggressive cost-cutting. The earnings report looks like a glimmer of good news in a recession-battered economy, but it wasn't enough to boost the ...

Stock futures were poised for a slightly lower open on Thursday after the government said new jobless claims rose more than expected and a slew of big corporate earnings reports, including UPS, 3M, Dow Chemical and Merck.

United Parcel Service, Inc third quarter revenues fell 15% to $11.15 billion and net income fell 43.4% to $549 million or 55 cents a share.

United Parcel Service reported third-quarter net income fell 43%, but the company beat estimates and said it sees an improving economy.

Stock futures were mixed on Thursday ahead of leading indicator and jobless data and a slew of big corporate earnings reports, including UPS, Amazon.com, 3M, Dow Chemical and Merck.

There are a handful of companies that set the tone for our feelings about the health -- or lack thereof -- of the U.S. and global economies.

Tandy Bailey drove a United Parcel Service truck around the Phoenix area for a month after she joined the package delivery business in 1992 -- and she still draws on the experience daily in her job as engineering manager for UPS' Laurel Mountain District.