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...Soon, sectors from cleaners and dockworkers to postal workers and metal-bashers had started sympathy action, stopping the company from unloading cars from boats or even receiving vehicle registration plates...
...According to the Pitney Bowes shipping index, UPS delivered one in four of the 58mn parcels shipped in the US each day last year, more than FedEx or Amazon and second only to the US Postal Service....
...The drone industry, in particular, is ripe for consolidation, said Rusi’s Taylor....
...Many may be focusing on their caregiving responsibilities, or are fearful of contracting Covid-19....
...I ask why, presuming that it had something to do with the death of his father Leslie, a postal worker, when Goodman was two years old. Silence ensues....
...The postal system, until comparatively recently, was essential to the efficient functioning of financial services....
...Crucially, he says, it is often the supplier rather than contracting body that bears reputational responsibility when things consequentially go wrong....
...Dave Taylor, London MG: Foot traffic is just one measure. The key indicator is conversion, whether on the high street or on-line....
...paul.taylor@ft.com Paul Taylor answers your high-tech queries at www.ft.com/gadgetguru...
...LABOUR MARKET By Andrew Taylor The loss of up to 4,000 UK jobs at Lehman, and possibly more to come at Merrill Lynch, is small in comparison with total unemployment of 1.67m....
...“The US Postal Service, for example, allows consumers to send packages with a variety of different delivery guarantees and speeds, from bulk mail to overnight delivery....
...Taylor Nelson Sofres, the market research group, rose 2.4 per cent to 252p after a sharp rise in profits....
...t put the postal service out of business,? says Brad Garlinghouse, head of communications products at Yahoo....
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