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Santa’s sleigh delayed after snags at UPS, FedEx – Yahoo

Santa’s sleigh didn’t make it in time for Christmas for some this year due to shipping problems at UPS and FedEx.

The delays were blamed on poor weather earlier this week in parts of the country as well as overloaded systems. The holiday shopping period this year was shorter than usual, more buying was done online and Americans’ tendency to wait until the last possible second to shop probably didn’t help either.

While some customers may get money back, they might think twice about ordering online next year.

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Amazon’s Drones Set to Take Out UPS, FedEx – The Street

Amazon (AMZN_) has disrupted countless industries: retail, cloud computing, music, movies and so much more. Now, it’s onto its latest venture: disrupt shipping.

In what is an attempt to disrupt the businesses of UPS and FedEx, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled Amazon PrimeAir on 60 Minutes Sunday, Amazon’s new drone delivery service, which it hopes will allow it to get packages into the hands of customers in 30 minutes or less.

“I know this looks like science fiction,” Bezos said during the interview, while unveiling the automated delivery drones. “It’s not.”