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USPS To Stop Delivering iPads And Kindles To Troops And Overseas Consumers On May 16

The United States Postal Service has banned all international shipments of electronics with lithium batteries effective May 16. The cost for families to send gadgets via private parcel service to enlisted loved ones in some countries could almost quadruple. READ MORE›

Can Technology Save The U.S. Postal Service?

With snail mail in decline, the U.S. Postal Service is considering huge layoffs and service cutbacks. The designer of email as we know it, VA Shiva Ayyadurai, sees another way to save the business.READ MORE›

The Unbearable Lightness Of UPS's Plastic Trucks

UPS is testing trucks made of an ultra-light material that makes them more fuel efficient than their sheet-aluminum counterparts.READ MORE›

Worldport: The UPS Sort Facility

Beginning in 1999, UPS undertook the largest capital project in the company’s history with the $1 billion expansion of Worldport – the UPS sort facility at Louisville International Airport. The expansion more than doubled the size ...READ MORE›

Nike, HP, UPS Top Latest Climate Counts Ratings

This year's ratings give Nike the top spot, with HP, UPS, Stonyfield Farm, L'Oreal, and Unilever trailing close behind.READ MORE›

Infographic of the Day: How Segregated is Your City?

Every city is integrated (and segregated) in unique ways.READ MORE›

UPS Releases Sustainability Report, Plans to Increase Auto Fuel Efficiency by 20%

UPS has a problem: Gas prices show no signs of decreasing, but the company can't cut down on its driving--there are packages to be had, after all. That's probably part of the reason behind UPS's commitment to improve the MPG ...READ MORE›

UPS Expands Carbon Offsetting Program Internationally, But Does It Make Sense?

UPS recently became the first small package carrier to offer carbon offsets to customers. Now the shipping company is upping the ante by expanding its carbon neutral shipping program internationally to over 35 countries. The service ...READ MORE›

Almost Genius: The Cardboard Box That Fits Anything Perfectly

An invention that might eliminate almost all of the wasted space in a cardboard box.READ MORE›

Serve Your Customers Three Most Urgent Needs

A couple of years ago, I was having a beer in London pub with an executive from the Royal Mail of the United Kingdom. We were discussing the reorganization of the UK’s mail system and the challenges it faced. With the recent ...READ MORE›

Ann Livermore, VP at HP

Spending an entire career at one company seems anachronistic these days, but that strategy has served Ann Livermore well. She's spent nearly 30 years at Hewlett-Packard, where she decentralized the company's structure and launched its eServices division.READ MORE›

The Shipping News: UPS Sales Are on Fire!

Brown is in the black as UPS joins FedEx in package-sending frenzy.READ MORE›

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