UPS testing drones for use in its package delivery system
One of the world’s largest package delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system.
Supreme Court justices weigh bias claim of pregnant UPS driver
Two of the three women on the Supreme Court vigorously questioned a UPS lawyer Wednesday over the company’s refusal to give lighter duty to a pregnant worker.
Police: Fired UPS employee kills 2 ex-colleagues
Fired a day earlier from UPS, a man put on his work uniform, drove to an Alabama package sorting center and evaded security by entering through a truck dock in the rear, police and the company say.
FedEx to add 50,000 seasonal jobs
Growth in online shopping is boosting profit at FedEx, and the company plans to hire more than 50,000 extra workers to handle what is shaping up as another record year for holiday-season package deliveries.
Santa’s sleigh delayed after snags at UPS, FedEx
Santa’s sleigh didn’t make it in time for Christmas for some this year due to shipping problems at UPS and FedEx.
NTSB: No engine failure in fatal UPS crash
BIRMINGHAM — Federal investigators found no initial evidence that a UPS cargo jet suffered engine failure or was burning before it clipped trees at the
UPS crash rattles residents near airport
BIRMINGHAM — Residents in a hilly neighborhood near Birmingham’s airport worried about the possibility of a plane crashing into their homes for years before a
UPS cargo jet crashes in Birmingham
A UPS cargo plane crashed Wednesday morning in an open field just outside an airport in Birmingham, Ala.
Mailing presents? UPS design lab puts boxes to the smash test
It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and bubble wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS Inc. tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking and smashing boxes with brutal-looking equipment. The point is to see what type of packaging can withstand the trip from supplier to customer, protecting the delicate products inside.
Going postal on Christmas: Internet sales spur deluge of packages
Millions of boxes are flying and rolling around the country as online sales rule the holiday season.