Tag: USA

Loud protests of US Express duopoly have familiar ring to them

Posted by | Jun 17, 2003 | |

The uproar in the United States about who is pulling the strings behind DHL Airways and Deutsche Post’s proposed purchase of Airborne Express has a familiar timbre to it.

As is often the case, politics, especially the politics of profit making, makes for strange bedfellows. Arch-rivals Federal Express (FedEx) and United Parcel Service (UPS), whose names are dirty words in the oppositions’ Memphis and Atlanta headquarters, have banded together to block what they see as a sinister incursion into their USD30 billion domestic air cargo market by the subsidiaries of the German postal giant.

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DHL Danzas lays off 50 salespeople

Posted by | Jun 17, 2003 | |

DHL Danzas Air & Ocean laid off approximately 50 salespeople, including support personnel, in what a spokeswoman described as “part of our ongoing effort to align our costs with the level of business.” The move reflects “the continuing weakness in the global economy and a trend by our largest customers to become more import-driven,” said Candace Bouchard, the spokeswoman. DHL Danzas had approximately 280 salespeople in the U.S. before the cutbacks. The move is not related to any consolidation of DHL Danzas and DHL Express, she added.

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QAS release address cleansing software – QuickAddress Batch 3.0

Posted by | Jun 17, 2003 | |

QAS, the international leader in address management software, has released QuickAddress Batch 3.0, the latest version of its address data cleansing software.

QuickAddress Batch 3.0 validates addresses in a customer or prospect database against the latest official U.S. Postal Service (USPS) records. Invalid, duplicate, or incorrectly formatted addresses are identified, and can be separated for verification while clean addresses remain in use. The product also can perform regular clean-ups, to ensure long-term address data viability.

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USPS to eliminate police in six cities

Posted by | Jun 17, 2003 | |

In a letter dated June 12, 2003, U.S. Postal Service Labor Relations Manager Doug A. Tulino notified the U.S. Postal Police Officer’s union of plans to close police operations in the following six cities: Birmingham, AL; Buffalo, NY; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Jacksonville, FL; Seattle, WA. Despite increased terrorist threats targeted at government property and employees; and despite the Anthrax attacks of 2001, Tulino said the reason for the closures is that a review has shown the presence of armed postal police is no longer warranted at these facilities.

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