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RESTON, Va. and ATLANTA, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While 86 percent of consumers are satisfied with the overall experience of shopping online, retailers still have significant opportunity to improve customer satisfaction and their competitive position by making the process of returning or exchanging items easier, a new study shows. comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, and UPS (NYSE: UPS) today released the Online Shopping Customer Experience...

EVERETT, Wash., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and UPS celebrated the delivery today of the cargo operator's 50th 767-300 Freighter. The airplane joins the world's largest 767 Freighter fleet. "The Boeing 767 Freighter is the workhorse of our fleet," said UPS Airlines President Mitch Nichols. "This versatile widebody is an important element in UPS's global logistics network, helping us reach over 200 countries and territories each day." The 767 Freighter is based...

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last night in a surprise move, the FAA admitted that it "discovered errors" during the course of preparing its court papers. The FAA now says it is ready to provide the relief requested by the Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots union), and will take another look at whether cargo pilots should be excluded from new rest rules published in December. The FAA filed a motion asking the Court for "an order holding this appeal in...

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) last night filed its petitioner's brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the FAA's exclusion of cargo operations from new rules governing pilot duty and rest requirements. The following statement is from the IPA's General Counsel William Trent: "The FAA acted contrary to Congress' mandate when the Agency published new pilot duty and rest rules in...

One million children at risk of life-threatening malnutrition in Sahel region NEW YORK, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As malnutrition reaches emergency levels across the Sahel region of West and Central Africa affecting at least one million children, UNICEF partner UPS has sprung to action to provide transport for the first aerial shipment of lifesaving UNICEF supplies to Mauritania this year, a country within the affected region. The UPS flight, departing from...

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) fully supports H.R. 4350, the "Safe Skies Act of 2012" introduced today by U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN) and cosponsored by U.S. Representative Tim Bishop (D-NY). "Congressman Cravaack has shown real leadership today by introducing legislation to ensure that the FAA's recently enacted flight duty and rest requirements for passenger airlines equally apply to all-cargo...

Emerson offers medium to large data centers a level of operating efficiency with the safety, fault tolerance, and reliability demonstrated by transformer-based systems. Columbus, OH (PRWEB) April 12, 2012 Summary: Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today introduced the Liebert NXL™ 1100kVA/1100kW UPS to offer medium to large data centers a level of operating efficiency...

IRVINE, Calif., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The call for entries has begun for Entrepreneur magazine's Entrepreneur of 2012 contest presented by The UPS Store ®. For the fifth year running, Entrepreneur is searching nationwide for extraordinary entrepreneurs to share their inspired stories on how they have revolutionized their industries and positively impacted their employees and communities. Nominees are being accepted until June 15, 2012. Entrepreneur of 2012 and Emerging...

LONDON, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the UPS market, Frost & Sullivan recognises Socomec with the 2011 European Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award. The company's advanced Green Power UPS range complies with the highest requirements for environmental protection in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and minimal carbon footprint - all without compromising on the safeguard levels for supplied critical applications. "At a time of...

ATLANTA, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Each day, more than 15 people are killed and more than 1,200 people are injured in car crashes that were reported to involve a distracted driver, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC also cites motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of death for U.S. teenagers, many of whom admit to engaging in distracting activities while driving. Leading the charge to combat this ever-growing issue, The UPS...