Post Danmark, Denmark’s national postal service, is ready to be transformed into a public limited company, followed by a privatisation and participation in a joint venture or a merger with for example a foreign postal and parcel company, daily Jyllands-Posten reported.
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Read MoreParcels Delivery turnover (in the 10 months to 31 October 2001) was up by 29.3% with strong growth in operating profits.
Read MoreChristian Salvesen PLC, the European logistics company, has been awarded a
three-year contract valued at #16m (Euro26m) by Metro France, the leading
European cash-and-carry group with around one million customers within the
catering and retail sectors.
Christian Salvesen PLC, the European logistics group,
reported a 17.4 pct fall in underlying pretax profit, blaming its German and
Spanish operations, where the downturn in the industrial market place combined
with the ongoing impact of the sharp rise in fuel prices a year ago, has
resulted in poor performances.
Battered by the terrorist attacks and a declining economy, the Postal Service saw its first drop in volume in a decade and finished the fiscal year with a $1.68 billion loss.
Managers are scrambling to cut expenses, seeking help from Congress and discussing the possibility of speeding up a rate increase.
“The economic recession, the Sept. 11 attacks and the anthrax attacks tossed our financial situation up in the air,” Postmaster General John Potter said Tuesday.
Global Crossing (NYSE: GX) has begun the implementation of a fully managed wide area network for the Royal Mail in the UK under a contract with Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems worth an estimated GBP23 million. Royal Mail is the nationwide postal service operated by holding company Consignia.
Read MoreChristian Salvesen PLC, the European logistics company, has been selected by
Tesco to operate its southern frozen consolidation centre, following a
nationwide tender and assessment programme carried out by Britain’s leading
supermarket chain.
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