Category: UPS News

Some employees at a United Parcel Service Customer Center in Atlanta are speaking out about what they say has been a recent rash of break-ins to their personal vehicles on site.

“We’d been gone for about five hours, and I get a call from another driver telling me my truck’s been broke in,” says UPS truck driver Chris McGrew.

He tells WSB Radio his shift a few days ago had him on the road to Florida when he heard what happened to his pickup truck back at his Fulton Industrial Boulevard workplace parking lot.

“Busted-out window. Messed up the door, probably the door has to be replaced. “We were almost in Jacksonville, Florida…we had to detour all the way back to Atlanta just so I could get my truck to a safe location,” McGrew says.

Metro Police are investigating a shooting of an off-duty UPS security guard on Tuesday afternoon.

According to police, 21-year-old De’Terrius Smith was shot outside of the UPS facility on Whites Creek Pike. The investigation showed Smith got off work and left the property just after 3 p.m. before returning at 4:21 p.m. A black Nissan Sentra driven by a woman with a man in the passenger seat arrived in the parking lot.

Police said the man from the Sentra got into Smith’s car. During the meeting between the two, Smith was shot, and when he exited his car, he soon collapsed nearby.

Readers hoping to buy United Parcel Service, Inc. for its dividend will need to make their move shortly, as the stock is about to trade ex-dividend. The ex-dividend date is one business day before a company’s record date, which is the date on which the company determines which shareholders are entitled to receive a dividend. The ex-dividend date is of consequence because whenever a stock is bought or sold, the trade takes at least two business day to settle. This means that investors who purchase United Parcel Service’s shares on or after the 18th of February will not receive the dividend, which will be paid on the 10th of March.

The company’s next dividend payment will be US$1.52 per share, on the back of last year when the company paid a total of US$6.08 to shareholders. Calculating the last year’s worth of payments shows that United Parcel Service has a trailing yield of 2.8% on the current share price of $213.49. Dividends are an important source of income to many shareholders, but the health of the business is crucial to maintaining those dividends. We need to see whether the dividend is covered by earnings and if it’s growing.

The United Parcel Service (UPS) is working extra to make sure your Valentine’s Day bouquets are delivered on time.

UPS officials said the company expects to import more than 89 million flowers from farms in South America to Miami.

Once in Miami, many will make their way through Louisville, before being distributed to businesses across the country.

This weekend, UPS Worldport added 70 flights to help with the extra volume.

Carol Tomé
CEO
UPS

Carol Tomé was named CEO of UPS in 2020, becoming the 12th chief executive in the company’s century-plus history as well as the first woman to hold the top job. Previously, Tomé was executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Home Depot, which she joined in 1995 as vice president and treasurer. A native of Jackson, Wyoming, Tomé began her career as a commercial lender with United Bank of Denver (now Wells Fargo) and then spent several years as director of banking for the Johns Manville corporation. She serves on the boards of Grady Hospital, Atlanta Botanical Garden, and other local organizations.

Education: University of Wyoming, University of Denver (MBA)
Notable achievements: At the Home Depot, Tomé helped increase sales almost eightfold to more than $110 billion, and delivered a 450 percent increase in shareholder value.