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UPS Mail Innovations Expands in US to Meet Increasing Demand

To meet increasing customer demand for expedited mail services, UPS Mail Innovations has opened new facilities in Hartford, Conn., and Chicago to strengthen its nationwide infrastructure. The Hartford facility, which opened in January, brings to 11 the number of processing facilities now operating across the country. The Chicago facility opened last October as part of a network expansion that began in early 2003 with a new facility on Long Island. The growing network allows mail volume to be spread more evenly across the country and provides the added flexibility to handle larger volumes within any one location. UPS Mail Innovations helps its customers accelerate the delivery of standard mail – pieces weighing less than one pound such as flats and bound printed matter – by participating in a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) work-share program.

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Head to Head debate on size-based pricing

Firstly, let’s give Royal Mail some credit. Over the years it has spent millions of pounds promoting the direct mail medium and creativity within that medium. In doing so it has helped introduce and nurture new direct marketing entrants.

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U.S. judge freezes assets of Correo Argentino

A U.S. court has frozen the assets of Correo Argentino S.A., a mail delivery company that owes money to the Argentine government, in an action initiated by an investor trying to recoup money lost in the country’s 2002 bond default, a lawyer in the case said.

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DHL and Airborne Express poised to take on the US

DHL has announced it has reached a major milestone in the integration of DHL and Airborne Express. After only six months, both companies have integrated the majority of their ground and courier networks, and are now launching several new programs for customers. Shipping and logistics customers will benefit from the combination of an expanded domestic portfolio, and a powerful global network. “Shipping and logistics customers have enthusiastically embraced the marriage of these two world-class organizations, as it provides them with a viable, flexible alternative in a market that sorely needs both,” said John Fellows, CEO of DHL Holdings (USA), Inc.

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