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UPS Inducts 1,582 Drivers Into Its Circle Of Honor

  • Number Of Total Members Crosses The 10,000 Mark For First Time
  • Michigan’s Tom Camp Reaches All-Time Record Of 55 Years Without A Crash
  • First-Ever Drivers In U.K., Netherlands Join The Honorary Group

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the induction of 1,582 drivers into its elite “Circle of Honor,” raising to 10,504 the number of drivers who have not had an avoidable accident for 25 years or more.

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UPS Worldwide Express Service Expands To Help Businesses Deliver Urgent Shipments In High Growth Markets

  • Service now available in 124 countries and territories
  • UPS expanded service in 57 countries and territories including Brazil, India and South Korea
  • 5 new countries received Express service including Bangladesh and Madagascar
  • Guaranteed delivery in 1-3 business days by 10:30 a.m., noon, or 2 p.m., depending on the destination
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UPS To Deploy First Electric Truck To Rival Cost Of Conventional Fuel Vehicles

Collaboration With Workhorse Group on New, Zero Emission Vehicles is Industry First

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies – an industry first that is breaking a key barrier to large scale fleet adoption. The company is collaborating with Workhorse Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WKHS) to design the vehicles from the ground up, with zero tailpipe emissions.

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How UPS delivers faster using $8 headphones and code that decides when dirty trucks get cleaned -MIT Technology Review

Inside EDGE: the shipping giant’s ambitious, tech-driven bid to keep Amazon and others at bay.

UPS workers make dozens of decisions every day, and the wrong ones—from placing a box on the wrong conveyor belt inside a processing facility to loading it onto the incorrect delivery vehicle—could keep you from getting your packages on time.

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119,000 Passports and Photo IDs of FedEx Customers Found on Unsecured Amazon Server – Gizmodo

Thousands of FedEx customers were exposed after the company left scanned passports, drivers licenses, and other documentation on a publicly accessible Amazon S3 server.

The scanned IDs originated from countries all over the world, including the United States, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Japan, China, and several European countries. The IDs were attached to forms that included several pieces of personal information, including names, home addresses, phone numbers, and zip codes.

The server, discovered by researchers at the Kromtech Security Center, was secured as of Tuesday.