Tag: North America

Kuehne & Nagel completes USCO buy

K&N has completed a USD300m acquisition of USCO, a leading logistics supplier in the US. This gives K&N access to the US market in addition to access to the Asia/Pacific market which came from its alliance with SembCorp Logistics of Singapore. K&N clearly intends to be a global company and expand into the value-added logistics area.

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UPS says USPS does not need greater commercial freedom sought in reform

UPS says USPS does not need greater commercial freedom sought in reform Copyright 2001, Traffic World Magazine Never mind that postal reform has gone nowhere in Congress for more than seven years. United Parcel Service is confident that this is the year of postal reform and happily predicts the end result will be more pricing oversight and very little commercial freedom for the U.S. Postal Service until it can figure out how to manage its monopoly business and stop hemorrhaging money.

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Could less advertising hurt periodicals cost coverage?

The average weight-per-piece in Periodicals Mail has gone down this year, which probably means many publications have less advertising due to the slowing economy.
Since the advertising portion in Periodicals rates makes up a larger part of the cost coverage than the editorial portion, one has to wonder what impact this might have on the cost coverage in Periodicals Mail.

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Economys woes affect parcel shipping volumes

The average weight-per-piece in Periodicals Mail has gone down this year, which probably means many publications have less advertising due to the slowing economy.
Since the advertising portion in Periodicals rates makes up a larger part of the cost coverage than the editorial portion, one has to wonder what impact this might have on the cost coverage in Periodicals Mail.

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UPS says USPS does not need greater commercial freedom

Never mind that postal reform has gone nowhere in Congress for more than seven years. United Parcel Service is confident that this is the year of postal reform and happily predicts the end result will be more pricing oversight and very little commercial freedom for the U.S. Postal Service until it can figure out how to manage its monopoly business and stop hemorrhaging money.

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