Stop and Go in Postal Liberalisation
Update on the BvDP postal liberalisation index including key data.
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Hand Held Products announces $9 million local expansion
SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Hand Held Products, Inc. (HHP), a Welch Allyn affiliate and leading provider of image-based automatic identification data collection barcode scanners, POS automation and mobile/wireless solutions, broke ground today on a $9 million construction project for its world headquarters in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. The new 111,000-square-foot facility will be completed by spring 2002. The state-of-the-art facility, with more than double the square footage of the existing building, will be located just blocks from the current site.
Read MoreFedEx Ground volume takes off: Freight mitigates air losses
“We believe that FedEx Ground package volume will grow approximately 9% and that yields will increase about 6%, similar to first-quarter growth rates,” FedEx chief financial officer Alan Graf said.
But in its first detailed disclosure of how the attacks have affected its business, FedEx said it expects second-quarter U.S. air express shipments to be down 11% from a year earlier, and international express to fall 5%.
Until now, FedEx had said it was unable to quantify the attacks’ effects. Most of its rivals, including top package deliverer United Parcel Service Inc., have warned of lower package volume, higher costs and weaker profits.
Read MoreSchneider and Hellmann strike up a strategic alliance
Schneider Logistics Inc., logistics provider in the US, and Hellmann Worldwide Logistics in Germany, are creating a strategic alliance that will advance the service offerings of both companies
Read MoreUPS announces new consulting subsidiary
ATLANTA (AP) _ United Parcel Service launched a new consulting subsidiary Monday to help companies evaluate their overall business operations.
UPS Consulting Inc., based in Atlanta, will be led by Gene Long, a former executive at Ernst & Young and Dell Computer.
Initially, the company will have five consultants working mostly for larger firms in the consumer products, retail, technology and telecommunications fields, said Pat Steffen, a spokeswoman for UPS Consulting.
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