As UPS gears up for its busiest time of year by hiring about 50,000 temporary workers, the world’s largest package-delivery service said it expects to ship about 7.5% more packages this holiday season than it did a year ago.
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The discovery of two explosive devices found in packages on U.S.-bound cargo planes Friday raises new questions about security in the air-freight industry — and its potential cost. How big is the risk, and how much is security…
Retailers such as Toys R Us, Rockport and Borders hope to grow their Web sales with a new shipping service called ShopRunner.com. Much like Amazon’s Prime program, consumers pay $79 per year for a membership, which lets them sh…
The Coast Guard estimates that a barge crash that took out power lines and halted shipping traffic across the Houston Ship Channel may end up costing as much as $1 billion in economic loss.
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The U.S. Postal Service’s attempt to raise the price of a first-class stamp to 46 cents from 44 cents was unanimously rejected today by an oversight board, which said the Postal Service failed to sufficiently quantify either th…