Hanjin Transportation Co and the United States Postal Service have launched a sales campaign for a collaboration that will drastically cut delivery charges
for three months, company sources said
United Parcel Service Inc.said on Thursday its first-quarter operating earnings fell 14 percent, and warned that second-quarter profits would be at the low end of estimates due to the weakened economy.
Read MoreThe postal department has abruptly enhanced the postal rates for the surface, air mail, registered letters, parcels, UMS, money orders and the book post material. The increase is arbitrary and unprecedented.
Read MoreYesterday French trade union FO demanded pay increases for the 70,000
contractual employees working for the French post office (La Poste)
THE Royal Mail is making personalised, early morning deliveries to the home
of a man who complained endlessly about the lateness of his post. While his
neighbours have to wait until later in the morning, or even until after lunch,
for their letters, Michael Edwards has his delivered by a Royal Mail van by
9.30am every day
CONSIGNIA INVESTS £150 MILLION IN INTERNATIONAL MAIL SERVICE WITH WORLD’S MOST
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
Online drinks retailer
lastorders.com claims it will be
the first Internet company to offer same-day delivery for orders taken in London and other major towns in the UK.
Two of the big three US carriers, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, posted heavy first-quarter losses on Wednesday. They were hit by the effects of the slowing US economy and labour disruption.
UAL, the parent company of United, reported a net loss of $313m, or $5.97 per share, in the first three months of the year, compared with a loss of $99m last year. Delta, meanwhile, reported a loss of $133m, or $1.11 per share, compared with a profit of $216m in the same quarter last year.
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