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An overnight fire at a UPS center in Maryland has sent a yet undetermined number of packages up in smoke during this holiday season.
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Read More »Island of misfit toys, UPS expects 1.3M returns in one day
Christmas is the season of giving, and January the month of returns. UPS expects to deliver 1.3 million packages back to retailers on Jan. 5, celebrated by the delivery service, but no one else, as “National Returns Day.” Surging online ...
Read More »UPS cuts outlook for 2014
UPS spent heavily to avoid last year’s debacle over the holidays, when an unexpected crush of last-minute shipping and terrible weather led millions of late deliveries. It succeeded in making customers happy, but it cost the company. UPS cut its ...
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Read More »Supreme Court sets date for UPS driver’s pregnancy suit
Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 3 on the pregnancy discrimination claim of a UPS package delivery driver in Landover who was denied a light-duty assignment so she could continue working while pregnant.
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Read More »U.S. justices to take up Maryland pregnancy case
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the pregnancy discrimination claims of a package delivery driver for UPS in Maryland who was refused a light duty assignment so she could continue working while pregnant.
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Read More »UPS sees busier, intense holiday shopping season
ATLANTA — UPS expects this holiday season to be busier than last, thanks to the growing popularity of online shopping. And more intense, thanks to the calendar. The world’s biggest package delivery company said Friday that it foresees peak season ...
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Read More »Postal Service revamps priority mail program
WASHINGTON — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping its priority mail program to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business. The agency is now offering free online tracking for priority mail shipments, free insurance ...
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Read More »UPS sees delivery of 527 million holiday packages
NEW YORK — UPS expects to deliver 527 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, surpassing last year’s record high by 10 percent. The world’s largest package delivery company estimates 28 million of those will be delivered on Thursday, ...
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Read More »UPS sees delivery of 527 million holiday packages
NEW YORK — UPS expects to deliver 527 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, surpassing last year’s record high by 10 percent. The world’s largest package delivery company estimates 28 million of those will be delivered on Thursday, ...
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Read More »CBRE brokers $11.6M sale of Hanover property
CBRE this week brokered the $11.6 million sale of a fully-leased, multi-tenanted industrial building in the Baltimore-Washington corridor. A group affiliated with the Industrial Income Trust Inc. purchased the rear loaded, flexibly designed property located at 7463 New Ridge Rd. ...
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