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A UPS driver discovered a human body in Bradenton while making a delivery Friday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
Detectives said the delivery driver was on 13th Avenue East when he saw what appeared to be a body in the grass where the road came to a dead end. Investigators believe the deceased, a white female, died elsewhere and was then dumped. The death investigation has been characterized as “suspicious.”
Volunteers To Focus On Moving UN Sustainable Goals Forward And Helping Communities Hit By Recent Disasters During UPS Global Volunteer Month
UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today that the company will deploy nearly 40 percent more employees on five continents to contribute to 450 community service projects, in the company’s 16th annual Global Volunteer Month. In 2014, CEO David Abney pledged UPS’s employees would contribute 20 million volunteer hours by the end of 2020, and the company is on pace to reach this goal.
UPS estimates employees will devote 375,000 volunteer hours in October to projects in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Indian subcontinent, Middle East and Africa (ISMEA). In 2017, UPS employees completed a record 2.9 million hours of volunteer service, providing more than $80 million in economic impact.
Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc. is considering expanding its Supply Chain Solutions campus in Louisville.
Earlier today in Frankfort, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, or KEDFA, gave preliminary approval for $1.35 million in tax incentives for the company. The incentives were given based on the company’s plan to invest $3.8 million and create 135 jobs at Supply Chain Solutions.
Supply Chain Solutions is UPS’s warehousing and distribution arm, which allows customers to lease space for warehousing, cold storage and other services at UPS facilities. The company has more than 10 buildings on Outer Loop where it offers these services.
For many years, Johnny Staats has worked for UPS during the weekdays and played the mandolin at shows on the weekends.
Staats of Jackson County intends to keep this same schedule — at least until he retires in a few years.
Staats, a well-known musician across the country, started working for United Parcel Service, or UPS, on June 15, 1988 as a package sorter at the company’s Customer Center on Gihon Road in Parkersburg. He graduated from Ripley High School in 1987.
Staats worked as a sorter for 10 years before becoming a UPS delivery driver when a route position became available.
Looking for a stock that has been consistently beating earnings estimates and might be well positioned to keep the streak alive in its next quarterly report? United Parcel Service, which belongs to the Zacks Transportation – Air Freight and Cargo industry, could be a great candidate to consider.
This package delivery service has an established record of topping earnings estimates, especially when looking at the previous two reports. The company boasts an average surprise for the past two quarters of 0.85%.
For the last reported quarter, UPS came out with earnings of $1.94 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.92 per share, representing a surprise of 1.04%. For the previous quarter, the company was expected to post earnings of $1.54 per share and it actually produced earnings of $1.55 per share, delivering a surprise of 0.65%.