BNET Industries
Market Cap:$40.6B
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
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If FedEx Can Compete with the U.S. Government, Why Can't Health Insurers?
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-06-28
The Obama Administration's announcement concerning its vision for a reformed American health care system, a vision predicated upon a Government based option to private insurance, has provoked quite a debate--one that seems able to fill the op-ed pages of major newspapers on a daily basis. The arguments, both in...
Pharma Roundup: Daiichi's Ranbaxy Write-Down, Merck's UPS Deal, and More
BNET
- 2009-01-06
Daiichi to lose $4 billion on Ranbaxy. UPS to run Merck distribution centers. Taro rejects Sun. U.S. prescription sales slump. by John Maas
With Lives At Stake, A Biomedical Company Turns To UPS For Temperature-Sensitive Transportation
BNET
- 2009-01-01
StemCyte Inc., based in Covina, Calif., collects and stores donated umbilical cord blood for the treatment of many life-threatening diseases. Donated blood must be processed and banked within 72 hours of collection, never rising above 25 degrees Celsius. After another carrier damaged several shipments, StemCyte found the reliability it needs...
Maker Of Hip, Shoulder And Knee Implants Turns To UPS For A Real Joint Venture
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Surgeons operating on a tight schedule know they can rely on UPS Ground and UPS Next Day Air to deliver implants on time. Exactech, a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of orthopedic implant devices, needed a shipper that would reach hospitals, especially those in congested areas, on time for life-changing surgeries....
For Norton Healthcare, The Prescription For Freight Cost Savings Is UPS
BNET
- 2009-01-01
LTL Freight, a new shipping system and other UPS technologies lead to greater efficiencies. Norton Healthcare needed to reduce its swelling inbound and outbound shipping costs. It switched to UPS shipping services, including UPS CampusShip, a web-based shipping system, and implemented UPS tools such as an internal tracking system called...
Providing Critical Care For Medical Shipments
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Manufacturer of health-care products expands customer service with advanced freight-tracking technology. STERIS Corp. manufactures products for the health care industry ranging from disinfectants to scrub stations to equipment for operating rooms. As its domestic freight shipments approached 2,000 a week, the company sought to consolidate its freight operations with one...
Inbound Visibility: How UPS Helps One Company Plan Ahead
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Biomedical researchers around the world rely on a Florida company for their high-tech gear. WPI, based in Sarasota, Fla., sends 2,000 shipments a month to scientific researchers at universities and pharmaceutical companies around the world. WPI needed a cutting-edge shipping operation - and Quantum View Manage from UPS helps the...
Shipping Science
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Founded in 1985, Medifacts International is a third-party lab on the cutting edge of medicine and the cusp of tomorrow's cures. The global operation specializes in cardiovascular research and core laboratory services for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies. For Medifacts, package flow follows several UPS service plans, including UPS...
Tremblant Capital Ups Stake in Advance Medical Optics
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-21
Market Folly submits: In a 13G filing made with the SEC on October 17, Tremblant Capital has disclosed a 5.2% Ownership Stake in Advanced Medical Optics EYE. Tremblant is a $4.1 billion hedge fund that is run by Bret Barakett. This adjustment to the position was made on October 7...
Medicare Ups the Ante on Medical Mistakes -- But Risks Going Too Far
BNET
- 2008-04-17
Two weeks after health plans like Wellpoint announced they would follow Medicare's lead in refusing to pay for eight preventable medical problems in hospitals, Medicare has upped the ante by proposing nine more conditions for which it won't fully reimburse hospitals, including surgical infections, wild swings...
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