Survey Finds Those Engaged in Global Trade Are More Positive About the State of Their Business
Although concerned about the economy, small- and medium-sized business exporters are confident about their companies’ futures, especially when it comes to international sales, according to this year’s Business Monitor United States survey commissioned by UPS (NYSE:UPS).
New Series of Export Seminars Coming This Summer
UPS (NYSE:UPS), a longtime advocate of the benefits of international commerce, today announced a series of key global trade initiatives aimed at helping small- and medium-sized businesses expand and compete in today’s rapidly changing global business environment.
FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary ofFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and growing international ocean and air freight forwarder, announced today that it has opened three additional offices …
The UPS Foundation gave the National Center for Civil and Human Rights a $500,000 grant to support construction of the Center in downtown Atlanta.
Haitian Ministry of Agriculture, Kuehne + Nagel, Monsanto, USAID and UPS work together to put more than 130 tons of seeds in the hands of farmers to increase food production and aid long-term earthquake recovery
Haitian farmers, who otherwise may not have had sufficient seeds to plant this season in their earthquake-ravaged country, are receiving help from a unique public and private partnership to provide access to high-quality, conventional corn and vegetable seeds in time for this planting season.
The UPS Foundation awarded 16 Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliates $10,000 community improvement grants each, supporting programs across the country that address litter prevention, waste reduction, recycling, beautification and community greening. The projects will take place during 2010 and into early 2011.
UPS (NYSE:UPS) and P & T Express have established UPS Vietnam as a joint stock company to expand UPS’s footprint and better serve customers in Vietnam.
DALLAS, May 11, 2010—FedEx Office (formerly FedEx Kinko’s), an operating company of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), today announced the selection of Kim Dixon as executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO), effective June 1, 2010. In this role, Dixon will lead and oversee the company’s global retail and print …
Also Authorize Move to Majority Voting in Uncontested Elections
Shareowners of UPS (NYSE:UPS) today elected a Board of Directors for a one-year term and ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent registered public accountants.
The UPS (NYSE:UPS) Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share on all outstanding Class A and Class B shares.