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The UPS Store, Inc. Notifies Customers Of Potential Data Compromise and Incident Resolution

The UPS Store, Inc., among many other U.S. retailers, recently received a government bulletin regarding a broad-based malware intrusion not identified by current anti-virus software. Upon receiving the bulletin, The UPS Store retained an IT security firm and conducted a review of its systems and the systems of its franchised center locations. The UPS Store discovered malware identified in the bulletin on systems at 51 locations in 24 states (about 1%) of 4,470 franchised center locations throughout the United States.

Based on the current assessment by The UPS Store and the IT security firm, certain customers’ information, who used a credit or debit card at the 51 impacted franchised center locations between January 20, 2014 and August 11, 2014, may have been exposed. For most locations, the period of exposure to this malware began after March 26, 2014. The malware was eliminated as of August 11, 2014 and customers can shop securely at all The UPS Store locations.

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The UPS Store Provides Professional Golfer Lee Westwood with 3D Printing “Course”

Westwood Also Receives Special 3D Replica Putter As Part Of Demonstration

UPS Global Brand Ambassador and professional golfer Lee Westwood visited The UPS Store in New York City today to get a firsthand look at The UPS Store’s high-quality 3D printing services for small businesses. During the visit, Westwood held a live putting demo featuring a specially created 3D putter. The putter, an actual replica of his PING putter, was created using The UPS Store’s 3D printing services.

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UPS Establishes Freight Forwarding Services in Myanmar

Connects Myanmar’s Emerging Business Community to Rest of the World

UPS® (NYSE:UPS) today announced the expansion of inbound and outbound air and ocean freight services in Myanmar for the first time. Global customers trading to and from this emerging market will have access to UPS’s extensive supply chain technologies and services, which initially will include UPS Air Freight Direct, UPS Air Freight Consolidated, Full Container Load and Less-than Container Load services.

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Cramer thrilled UPS slashed forecast? – CNBC

UPS slashed its earnings forecast a few weeks ago, and Cramer couldn’t be happier. Really.

And, no, it’s not just because he’s a buyer and the revision sent shares lower. Cramer honestly thinks the lowered forecast is quite bullish.

And he says if other investors had sifted through the specifics and noted all the details, they’d feel the same.

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UPS not liable for contract breach in case of missing specialty coins: Court – Business Insurance

United Parcel Service of America Inc. is pre-empted under federal law from breach of contract and other state law claims in connection with the loss of $150,000 in missing packages containing specialty gold and silver coins, says an appeals court in upholding a ruling against Lloyd’s of London syndicates.

A total of 27 shipments of packages shipped with UPS by Wilmington, Delaware-based First State Depository L.L.C., which provides customer, shipping and accounting services for coins and special metals, were lost or stolen during an eight-week period in early 2012, according to Tuesday’s ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia in Certain Underwriters at Interest at Lloyd’s of London et al. v. United Parcel Service of America Inc.