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Koizumi's Campaign

Posted by | May 13, 2002 | |

Junichiro Koizumi leans forward and bangs the table with his fingertips, tapping out each point with a click of his nail or a thud of his knuckle. In contrast to the drab ranks of Japanese politicians who speak with all the vigour of a funeral dirge, the prime minister is a showman who squeezes every moment for dramatic effect. Occasionally he leans back in his canary-yellow chair – not for him the squat, leather armchairs of old – and sweeps his hand through the air as though slicing at an invisible enemy.

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Postal authorities introduce innovative services

Posted by | May 11, 2002 | |

The Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Y. Upendra, said the postal authorities have introduced certain innovative services to provide full customer satisfaction.
The speed post, introduced several years ago, has now been oriented to ensure that customers, using web site, knew the status of articles and kept track of the despatch position.The highlights of the express parcel post, benefiting the business community and industrialists regularly sending articles by surface transport, would have standardised delivery norms. Insurance facility had also been introduced.

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UPS taps Manila freight carrier

Posted by | May 11, 2002 | |

United Parcel Service (UPS) says its agreement with Pacific East Asia Air Cargo Airlines (Peac) to fly between Hong Kong and the Philippines is only a temporary measure until UPS can get its own beyond rights from the SAR.
UPS signed the agreement with Peac, a sister company to Philippine Airlines under the control of controversial tycoon Lucio Tan, before opening its intra-Asia hub at the former Clark Air Base in Pampanga in April.
The agreement calls for the Philippine carrier to operate an Airbus Industrie A300 freighter for UPS six times a week, Monday to Saturday, between Clark and Hong Kong.

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Barthco International selected by US Postal Service

Posted by | May 10, 2002 | |

Barthco International, a worldwide logistics firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., has announced today that it will partner with the U.S. Postal Service through an International Customized Mail Agreement (ICM) to transport overseas small parcel products to strategic U.S. Postal distribution points throughout the nation.

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Palletways across Italy

Posted by | May 10, 2002 | |

Palletways UK has launched an Italian division with 30 dedicated member depots, operating from a 2,400 sq metre hub in Verona. The network will offer express palletised freight services including next day, economy and timed delivery options throughout the whole country. Palletways UK was formed in 1994 and currently has 80 regional transport companies as members.

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Royal Mail targets home shoppers in online push

Posted by | May 10, 2002 | |

Royal Mail is encouraging more people to shop via mail order, with the launch of a new campaign aimed at increasing revenue from its business mailing arm.
The viral e-mail campaign will target customers with a propensity for home shopping, driving them to a microsite, www.royalmail.com/cataloguecollection. The site lists a wide range of catalogues that can be ordered online.
Three different creative executions have been designed, to prompt consumers to shop from their home computers, in their leisure time. Catalogues featured will range from football merchandise and mobile phones to ladies clothing.

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USPS centralizing its network

Posted by | May 10, 2002 | |

The U.S. Postal Service says it will save $200 million over the next five years by substantially simplifying its internal computer network.
With 130,000 users in 28,000 locations, the USPS network is the third largest in the world, surpassed in size only by retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the Defense Department, postal officials say.
But plans call for extensive centralization and simplification.
The network today has 13,000 servers at 11,000 sites, but when the overhaul is complete, there will be 1,500 servers at about 500 locations, according to two Postal Service officials, Bob Otto and Larry Wills.

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La Poste eyes foreign buys

Posted by | May 10, 2002 | |

The French state-run post office, La Poste, said it would likely pursue foreign acquisitions with proceeds from a sale of part of its real estate portfolio after the government announced May 10 it would permit divestment of the assets.
A La Poste official would not estimate the value of the entire property portfolio but did not dispute a press report claiming it could be worth as much as €4 billion ($3.6 billion). She added that the proceeds would likely be used for foreign acquisitions.

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