BNET Industries
Market Cap:$40.5B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$51.4B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (UPS) is the world's largest package delivery company and a global leader in supply chain and freight services. With more than a century of experience in transportation and logistics, UPS is a leading global trade expert equipped with a broad portfolio of solutions. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., UPS serves more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Number of Employees 260,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Couriers and Express Delivery Services: 492110
Recent Events
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UPS hiking rates for 2010
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Smart Power Monitoring with Network UPS Tools
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An epiphany, and a new policing philosophy
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Alchemilla Ultra-Pure Skin Care Becomes a Corporate Member of United Plant Savers Organization
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iPhone Most Popular Touchscreen Device
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FedEx promotes services with international effort
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UPS and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas to Unveil Special Safe Driving Paint...
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UPS Teams with American Red Cross to Send Relief Flight to American Samoa
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UPS UPS Declares $0.45 Quarterly Dividend; 3.3% Yield
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Which Transport Stock Got an 'Outperform' Rating?
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United Parcel Service Q3 Profit Drops; Yet Tops Estimates; Guides Q4 - Update
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Caterpillar's On the Move
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Expansion of UPS Healthcare Network Signals Changes in Industry
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UPS profits drop 43%, recovery has 'long way to go'
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UPS settles patent suit with Katz
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UPS Named Official Carrier for London Olympic Games
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Sears Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $6.2M
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UPS Expands Healthcare Logistics Presence with Facilities in Puerto Rico, the Netherlands
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UPS Launches Marketing Service; To Distribute Retail Offers With Shipments - Quick Facts
News & Analysis
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Bank Break Ups are Bad for Customers
BNET
- 2009-11-09
The government's playing Goldilocks when it comes to big business break-ups. Meanwhile, it's the customer that suffers. by Richard Northedge
Novartis Ups Rhetoric v. "Terrorist" Animal Rights Activists; "Police Not Taking It Seriously"
BNET
- 2009-08-11
Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella and his company spokespersons have hit back at animal rights activists who burned his Austrian vacation home and stole his mother's ashes from a grave: "How far do things have to go before you can speak of terrorism?" Vasella told a Swiss newspaper. by Jim Edwards
An Ice Cream Maker Licks A Cold-Shipping Challenge
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Dippin' Dots shows that even tiny innovations can add up to big savings. Dippin' Dots, a manufacturer of a unique form of ice cream, needed a way to ship party packs overnight. In 2007, the company began using UPS's dry ice shipping service. The Paducah, Ky.-based company saved $50,000. UPS...
Is The Global Solution Right For You?
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Doing business overseas can bring big savings on labor costs - but plenty of risks as well. Outsourcing is fraught with risk. The problems can include everything from bad weather to congested ports, unreliable suppliers and changing government regulations. Working with overseas suppliers also requires careful attention to product quality...
New To Exporting? Let UPS Help
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Conducting international business can seem overwhelming. But if you have a product or service that you can sell to overseas customers, don't be put off too easily - especially when there's help available. Exporting can be scary for the novice, but UPS can help. Small businesses have three basic concerns...
Latin America: Hungry For Your Products
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Latin America's burgeoning economies and increasingly open trade regulations have given the region a healthy appetite for everything from toothpaste to refrigerators. And that's good news for American companies looking to grow their exports. Collectively, the region's economies are growing at an average annual rate of 5 percent, while the...
Largest employers: ranked by total number of local employees as of Jan. 1, 2007
- 2007-12-31
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Taking on corporate power--and winning.(VICTORIES)
- 2005-11-01
Corporate power has ascended to previously unimaginable peaks over the last 25 years. All the more remarkable then has been incredible mobilizations of people, in communities around the planet, and between communities across borders, to confront multinational corporations. Workers, environmentalists, public...
Government to test shipping industry's hazardous-material security
- 2005-09-02
The U.S. government plans to have undercover agents try to ship hazardous materials by air from shipping stores nationwide to test the shipping industry's security. The owner of two local stores isn't pleased with the idea. Stores that process the illegal packages could face stiff fines or penalties,...
The impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on corporate research.
- 2004-05-01
For company researchers, Sarbanes-Oxley is the silver lining in the bubble-bursting blitz of corporate scandals that hit U.S. markets in 2001 and 2002. In late 2001, Enron collapsed into bankruptcy, taking Arthur Andersen down with it. Between then and mid-2002, Xerox, Adelphia, Worldcom, and Tyco were...
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