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More Airlines Are Encountering Near Collisions—and No One Knows Why

As summer travel season kicks off, regulators and carriers are scrambling to address potential safety threats. As summer travel season kicks off, regulators and carriers are scrambling to address potential safety threats. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors.…

UPS and Teamsters Kick Off Contract Negotiations

Part-timers and weekend drivers are expected to be among the key points of debate as the Teamsters and United Parcel Service Inc. begin talks this week on the largest collective bargaining agreement in the U.S. The parcel-delivery industry has changed since the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and UPS last signed a five-year agreement in 2018. UPS and rival FedEx Corp. have become more focused in recent years on delivering more profitable packages rather than increasing volume.…

FedEx Restructures to Combine Ground and Express Delivery Networks

FedEx Corp. FDX -1.03% is combining its Express and Ground delivery units into a single business, abandoning an operating structure championed by founder Fred Smith and criticized by investors and analysts.The changes are designed to simplify interactions with customers and accelerate cost-cutting efforts, FedEx Chief Executive Raj Subramaniam said. It helps the parcel-delivery giant adjust to a business…

Companies Are Balking at Spending for Green Freight Transport

Freight operators are rolling out a growing array of options for shippers looking to reduce pollution, from low-carbon aviation and marine fuels to electric trucks.But some shipping executives say companies are proving reluctant to pay the higher prices for alternative fuels and zero-emissions vehicles that can easily double or triple transport costs. Tim Scharwath, chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, part of Deutsche Post AG , said talk about…

FedEx Raises Earnings Outlook Despite Shipping Slowdown

FedEx Corp.’s FDX 4.48% stock climbed more than 11% in after-hours trading as the delivery company raised its outlook and said it cut more of its costs after earnings declined for the second straight quarter. The delivery company said that by May it would reduce its U.S. head count by 25,000, among other expense reductions. Shares rose to $227.25. FedEx charged higher shipping rates and said its cost reductions supported…

Facebook Messenger’s BeReal clone has leaked

It looks like Meta’s Messenger is definitely working on a BeReal clone and we already have the first leaked images of it. Matt Navarra, a Social Media Consultant & Industry Analyst, took to Twitter to share a first look at the feature, which is apparently called “Roll Call.” Instead of a standalone app, it will reportedly be built as a feature within the current Messenger app. In the description, the feature sounds almost exactly like BeReal. After one person posts a Roll Call, everyone else in…

Small Package-Delivery Companies Grow as Businesses Seek Alternatives to UPS, FedEx

Smaller parcel carriers made big gains during the pandemic handling packages that the larger players couldn’t deliver. Some want to get bigger.Regional shipping companies across the U.S. are expanding their operations to pick up business from bigger rivals, seeking to capitalize on labor uncertainty at United Parcel Service Inc., higher rates charged by UPS UPS 0.30% and FedEx Corp. FDX 0.87% and growing reluctance…

Antihelium Nuclei As Messengers From the Depths of the Galaxy

Illustration of antihelium annihilation in the ALICE detector at CERN as well as in the universe. Credit: ORIGINS Cluster/S. KwaukaNew findings lay the foundation for the search for dark matter.How are galaxies born, and what holds them together? Astronomers assume that dark matter plays an essential role. However, as yet it has not been possible to prove directly that dark matter exists. A research team including Technical University of Munich (TUM) scientists has now measured for the first time the survival rate of…

FedEx Earnings Fall as Package Shipments Decline Again

FedEx Corp. FDX -2.62% said it continues to encounter weak demand for packages, resulting in another quarter of lower profit and fresh plans to cut more costs from its operations.  On Tuesday, FedEx reported that fewer packages moved through FedEx’s system for the fourth straight quarter. FedEx said the weaker demand was most acute in its Express unit, which provides overnight and international deliveries. Global trade has slowed amid rising interest rates and lower…