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Awareness of human trafficking throughout January – UPS

UPS is deeply committed to social impact – from disaster relief and volunteerism to planting trees and building safer communities. And helping prevent human trafficking is one way to make our communities safer.

What is human trafficking: According to Homeland Security, human trafficking involves forcing or coercing people into work or commercial sex. Millions of men, women and children are trafficked worldwide every year.

Heartbreaking statistics:

  • 25% of human trafficking victims are children under the age of 18.
  • $150 billion in profit is generated annually by traffickers around the globe.

What UPS is doing: UPSers have led the charge over the last six years by helping create awareness of the issue in the transportation industry. And they’ve raised more than $7 million in workplace giving to support the United Way Center to Combat Human Trafficking.

 

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Why UPS (UPS) Could Beat Earnings Estimates Again – NASDAQ

Have you been searching for a stock that might be well-positioned to maintain its earnings-beat streak in its upcoming report? It is worth considering United Parcel Service (UPS), which belongs to the Zacks Transportation – Air Freight and Cargo industry.

This package delivery service has seen a nice streak of beating earnings estimates, especially when looking at the previous two reports. The average surprise for the last two quarters was 9.41%.

For the most recent quarter, UPS was expected to post earnings of $2.52 per share, but it reported $2.71 per share instead, representing a surprise of 7.54%. For the previous quarter, the consensus estimate was $2.75 per share, while it actually produced $3.06 per share, a surprise of 11.27%.

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UPS CEO Says Wind and Rain Are Holding Back Delivery Drones – BNN Bloomberg

United Parcel Service Inc. has been experimenting for years with drone deliveries, but that doesn’t mean the tech is ready for prime time.

“You can’t fly them when it’s windy. You can’t fly them when it’s rainy,” Chief Executive Officer Carol Tome said Tuesday during an American Chamber of Commerce event. “There are lots of issues with drones.”

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Return to Sender: Gift Returns Swamping Shippers – Transport Topics

Last week, customers at the UPS Store in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood got a pretty good demonstration of what the global supply chain looks like when you try to run it backward.

The first Monday of the year marks the traditional start of the holiday return season, which this year is expected to break records for returned purchases — and by late afternoon, the line of box-bearing UPS customers snaked nearly out the door.

“Oh my goodness — wow,” said Erin Metzger, half a dozen returns in hand, as she surveyed the crowd and the Jenga-like towers of outbound packages behind the counter. “I did not expect this at all.”

“It comes in waves,” employee Rebecca Yazzie said. “It’ll be quiet for a little bit and then we’ll get a ton of people all at once.”

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UPS driver, 18, to leave hospital after hit-and-run in December left him seriously hurt – NJ

A UPS delivery driver injured in a hit-and-run last month could leave the hospital Friday, officials said.

The 18-year-old was delivering a package on the 400 block of Irving Avenue in Bridgeton around 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 22 when he was hit by a car, according to police.

The vehicle was described as a silver sedan traveling west at a high rate of speed. The injured driver was taken to Cooper University Hospital, Camden, where he has remained until this week.