Deutsche Post plans to raise stake in DHL to about 72 pct in 2002
Deutsche Post AG said it plans to acquire about 21 pct more in DHL International to raise its total stake to about 72 pct in 2002
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CUT down on the cost of using couriers with the help of The Suns guide to
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Read MoreGreens see red as UPS plans expansion
UPS is to pour more than US$100m ( t117m) into expanding its Cologne hub, despite protests from environmentalists. A UPS spokesman said: “The building is being expanded to position us for the future. We are more than doubling the sort capacity from 60,000 to 135,000 packages an hour.”
Read MoreThe short, sharp shock of downturn (TNT)
General manager for TNT in Ireland Philip Bracken, says express companies always notice it first when there is a dip in the economy.
“Analysts look at us in Europe and Ireland as they follow the fortunes of FedEx in the US because we are a good indicator of economic health,” he says.
If that is so, then a short, sharp shock is on the cards. After a strong first quarter in which TNT started operating three aircraft nightly out of Ireland – one aircraft from Dublin which called at Liverpool en route to its Liege hub, and two others from Shannon and Cork. The integrator dropped back to two in early April.
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