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FedEx Express UK celebrates 35 years of service

Posted by | Apr 17, 2008 | |

FedEx Express is celebrating 35 years of service in the air cargo industry on 17 April 2008. In 1973, founder Fred Smith launched FedEx from an abandoned military hangar at Memphis International Airport. Since then, FedEx has risen to become a global company facilitating trade across nations and continents. FedEx has experienced many milestones along the way, including being the first express delivery company to introduce overnight shipments and to have its own fleet of aircraft.

On 17 April 1973, 14 FedEx Falcon airplanes took off carrying just 186 packages. Today FedEx Express employs approximately 141,000 employees and handles an average daily volume of more than 7.5 million shipments, with 671 aircraft and more than 44,500 vehicles servicing 220 countries in its integrated global network.

Operating in 123 countries and territories in Europe, the Middle East, the Indian Sub-Continent and Africa, FedEx has consistently been recognised by Fortune as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies, ranking sixth in 2008. The company has also been repeatedly named as a Great Place to Work and trusted employer throughout Europe and ranked in the top 50 companies in the UK.

In 2007 FedEx Express in the UK announced the launch of an express freighter flight directly linking Manchester to Memphis in the U.S. The service increased daily capacity from the UK to the US by 50 per cent and added up to 20 per cent daily capacity from Europe to the US. This flexibility to adapt to new circumstances that comes with each new challenge is possible thanks to the wide variety of services offered by FedEx worldwide.

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More people choose to e-file taxes in the U.S.

Posted by | Apr 16, 2008 | |

Based on lines — or lack thereof — at the U.S. Post offices on last Monday, you wouldn’t know today it was Tax Day.

All tax returns must be postmarked by midnight in the U.S., but the downtown post office on Monday had few people mailing their taxes.

But if the recent past is any indication, more taxpayers are likely e-filing rather than rushing to the post office at the last minute to mail their returns.

According to the Internal Revenue Service 80 million people filed their taxes electronically in 2007.

The U.S. Postal Service credits the shorter lines to more people e-filing.

Al DeSarro, USPS spokesman for the Western region, said the postal service is cutting back on extended hours today because more people are e-filing.

The main post offices in Fort Collins and Loveland, however, will collect taxes until midnight.

Local tax preparers report that e-filers who also choose to have their refunds deposited directly into their checking accounts, can expect to receive refunds in less than two weeks.

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Senior Customer Service Executive joins DHL Express (U.S)

Posted by | Apr 16, 2008 | |

DHL announced the appointment of Lisa Shardon as Vice President of Customer Relations for DHL Express USA. Shardon started her responsibilities with DHL late last year, and as head of DHL’s Customer Care group is accountable for enhancing overall customer satisfaction, managing the company’s customer care centers and driving improvement across DHL’s customer interaction channels. Shardon reports to Manny Fernandez, executive vice president of customer experience, DHL Express USA.

DHL is engaged in a comprehensive global effort to enhance all aspects of the customer experience, with a particular focus on key customer points of contact and is implementing cross functional initiatives to ensure a superior experience at every critical customer touch-point. Among other responsibilities, Shardon is helping to advance DHL’s online and offline service channels.

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Delta acquires Northwest in USD 3.1B deal

Posted by | Apr 15, 2008 | |

Delta Air Lines announced a long-speculated deal to acquire Northwest Airlines for about USD3.1 billion Monday, a combination that will create the world’s largest airline and could lead to a series of other deals to reshape the U.S. airline industry.

The new carrier will operate under the Delta name, and be based in Atlanta.

Delta said the carrier will maintain the nine hubs of both airlines in the United States, Europe and Asia, serving more than 390 destinations in 67 countries. The combined carrier will have USD35 billion in annual revenue, more than 800 airplanes and 75,000 employees, according to Delta.

But many of the employee unions at Northwest were quick to voice opposition to the deal, even though Delta said it is not looking to cut non-office staff.

The deal could lead to less competition and higher fares on some routes where the two carriers now compete. But there is relatively little overlap between the current Delta (DAL, Fortune 500) and Northwest (NWA, Fortune 500) systems.

The greater impact on competition and fares could come if other major carriers follow suit and negotiate their own deals in response. Some experts have suggested that several deals could eventually leave three mega-carriers handling about 80% of the nation’s air traffic.

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US: Tax rebate leads more to file returns

Posted by | Apr 15, 2008 | |

Internal Revenue Service representatives said Monday 14th April they were expecting an increase in the number of tax returns filed this year.

The rise is due largely to an extra incentive — being one of the 130 million Americans expected to receive a federally funded rebate intended to encourage increased spending and stimulate the nation’s economy.

The IRS will use tax returns to determine eligibility and assess the amount a person receives, with single filers getting up to USD 600, and couples up to USD 1,200, plus USD 300 per dependent child.

Increased volume this time of year is nothing new for the U.S. Postal Service, which expects to handle around 59 million federal tax returns this year, or 43 percent of all individual returns filed.

Despite the increase of electronic filing in recent years, this year’s overall rise in filings is expected to also raise the number of mailed returns over last year by 3 percent, according to Tim Ratliff, postal service spokesman for the Northern Illinois district.

“Obviously, there is an increase of people filing electronically for all sorts of reasons,” he said. “At the same time, there is still a huge percentage of people that still depend on the postal service to mail their tax returns.”

And as in the past, Ratliff encourages people to file as early as possible but said the postal service has managed to adapt in order to accommodate one of the more exasperating traits in human nature.

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